Allusions, Figurative Language, and Characterization Quiz

Read the following passage:

John spun wide around a heap of metal scraps being swallowed by a greedy mound of blackberry bushes and came to an abrupt halt.

The passage contains an example of --

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Which of the following types of figurative language is used in the following sentence fromthe novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

'During these years in Stamps, I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare. He was my first white love.'

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• personification

“My sister’s room is a pig pen” is an example of --

• metaphor

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

“The flowers danced in the breeze” is an example of--

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Personification

Read the sentence below:

Windows rattled and floors shook; the sound was a giant hand shaking Lydia Kilkenny’s sleeping shoulders.

The sentence contains an example of--

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• personification

Read the following passage, then respond to the question that follows:

The days following tryouts for the wrestling team were a roller coaster ride for Ian. He had done his best at tryouts and hoped the coaches wanted him on the team but worried about whether or not he would make it.

The purpose of the figurative language in the above passage suggests that Ian--

• regretted how he had performed at the tryouts.

• had been waiting a long time to try out for the team.

• alternated felt both positve, or up, and negative, or down, about the tryouts.

• felt confident that he had made the team.

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows:

Su-Jen fidgeted nervously with the top button of her jacket and thought about the man she was about to meet for the first time, her father, whose face she only knew from a small black-and-white photograph.

The passage conveys Su-Jen's feelings of --

• uncertainty

• anger

• disapproval

• frustration

Marcy sat in class, drumming her finger on her desk. Thinking back to that morning, she felt sorrow and regret over the way she had talked to her mom.

How is Marcy's character trail revealed?

• through her actions

• through her words

• through her thoughts

• through her appearance

• through her impact on others

What character trait is revealed in the following passage

Jake walked around the lunchroom. For every new student he saw, he stopped, said hello, and gave them a fist bump.

• talented

• friendly

• adventurous

• humorous

The characters Professor X and Megneto in the X Men stories train various heroes (and villains) in their own way, and they live in secluded fortresses. The also get the hero (or villain) to confront their own feelings about their past and the pain it has caused. Which archetype character does Professor X and Megneto fit?

• the mentor

• the adventurer

• the jester/class clown

• the trickster