Of Mice and Men - Figurative Language

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "On the sand banks, the rabbits sat as quietly as little, gray sculptured stones."

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Idiom

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "A water snake slipped along the pool, its head held up like a little periscope."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "Flame of the sunset"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Paradox

• Onamatopoeia

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "A dove's wings whistled over the water"

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "...as the blaze dropped from the fire, the sphere of light grew smaller;"

• Allusion

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "in and out of the beams flies shot like rushing stars"

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Simile

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "Strong as a bull"

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages"

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

Identify the figurative language in the following text: "the flies whipped through it like sparks"

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Assonance