Figurative Language in "The Gift of the Magi"

Figurative Language in "The Gift of the Magi"

8th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Figurative Language in "The Gift of the Magi"

Figurative Language in "The Gift of the Magi"

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th - 12th Grade

Medium

Created by

Grace Jones

Used 38+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Answer explanation

Della's hair is being compared to a waterfall.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Media Image

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.

simile

metaphor

personifcation

hyperbole

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

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.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings.

simile

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.

simile

metaphor

personification

hyperbole

Answer explanation

Della was not literally destroying the stores; she was simply looking everywhere for the perfect gift for Jim.

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