Literary elements assessment

Which sentence has an example of simile in it?

• My mother's anger raged like a massive ice storm.

• My mom is an angry bear

• My mom is angry and annoying

• My mom's anger yells at me.

Which is NOT an example of alliteration.

• Shelby is sad and somber.

• My friend lent me a pen.

• Sam sells sneakers at Foot Locker

• Ally always allows her Aunt to attend her plays.

Hyperbole is an exaggeration that can't possibly be true. Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?

• It is raining pretty hard today.

• It is raining cats and dogs out there.

• I hate when my shoes get wet!

• The sound of rain on my windowsill is so soothing.

Writers use figurative language to create:

• Curiosity.

• a chance for readers to think about the story.

• confusion in their readers.

• vivid pictures, ideas, and feelings for their reader. This helps a reader to connect with the story.

When an author uses one or more of the five senses to describe a scene within the text, the author is using:

• personification

• imagery

• main ideas

• five senses

Finish this sentence: Personification is giving something unhuman...

• make believe characteristics.

• humorous qualities.

• actual human qualities.

• a voice.

Maggie is a puzzle, leaving people confused about who she really is. What is this?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• Irony

Which of the following is an example of irony?

• It is ironic that Billy made himself sick worrying about his health.

• Billy doesn't even help his best friend.

• It's ironic that you always say exactly the wrong thing to your friend.

• It's ironic that Rex is a kid who acts like an adult.

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• I have to walk to school every single day.

• I have to walk uphill to school.

• I have to see you a lot, and I don't like it.

• We have never been better friends, in the history of the world, than us.

Which answer turns the sentence "The Food Was Bad" into hyperbole?

• The food was really bad.

• The food was icky.

• The food was so bad that I vomited.

• The food was so bad that I wanted to scrub my tongue with a brillo pad!