So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters.
Figurative Language in "The Gift of the Magi"

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8th - 12th Grade
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Grace Jones
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Answer explanation
Della's hair is being compared to a waterfall.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her.
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Answer explanation
This metaphor emphasizes the thickness and length of Della's hair. She could practically wear it like a garment.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
For there lay The Combs-- the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped for long in a Broadway window.
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy.
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metaphor
personifcation
hyperbole
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Isn't a dandy, Jim? I hunted all over town to find it. You'll have to look at the time a hundred times a day now.
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metaphor
personification
hyperbole
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings.
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metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Answer explanation
This is similar to saying, "Time flies when you're having fun." Time went by quickly because Della was having so much fun shopping for Jim's present.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
She was ransacking the stores for Jim's present.
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metaphor
personification
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Answer explanation
Della was not literally destroying the stores; she was simply looking everywhere for the perfect gift for Jim.
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