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 --
Allusions, Figurative Language, and Characterization Quiz
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8th - 11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
“My sister’s room is a pig pen” is an example of --
metaphor
allusion
metaphor
personification
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
“The flowers danced in the breeze” is an example of--
Metaphor
Allusion
Simile
Personification
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
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
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