Language and Meaning Review

The landscape "was a patchwork quilt" of sights and sounds.

• The quilt shoed a variety of sights and sounds.

• The quilt had a picture of the landscape on it.

• The landscape had a blanket covering it.

• The landscape had a variety of sights and sounds.

A waterfall gushed "like a faucet" down the side of the mountain.

• The waterfall was powerful.

• The waterfall was narrow.

• A faucet was on a mountain.

• A faucet made the waterfall.

The brook gurgled "as happily as a well-fed baby".

• A baby made pleasant sounds near the brook.

• The brook made a pleasant sound.

• There were many fish in the brook.

• The well-fed baby sounded happy.

Croaking frogs sounded "as loud as a marching band".

• The frogs marched as they made croaking sounds.

• The frogs were very musical.

• The frogs croaked very loudly.

• The marching band sounded like loud croaking.

Noah "was a sponge", soaking up the landscape's sights and sounds.

• Noah was good at cleaning.

• Noah fell into the water and got soaked.

• Noah was thirsty as he watched and listened.

• Noah looked at and listened to everything.

What does it mean when someone says, "It's raining cats and dogs"?

• It is literally raining cats and dogs.

• It is raining very heavily.

• The sun is shining brightly.

• The weather is pleasant.

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The stars danced in the sky"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect

• A figure of speech that directly states one thing is another

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The flowers nodded in the breeze.

• The tree was as tall as a skyscraper.

• The car zoomed down the road.

• The sun was a golden ball in the sky.

What does it mean when someone says, "She's as busy as a bee"?

• She is not busy at all.

• She is very focused on one task.

• She is working hard and moving quickly from task to task.

• She is as slow as a turtle.