Similes and Metaphors

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Similes and Metaphors

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

The thunder was loud.

The thunder boomed and rumbled.

The thunder growled, and the windows shook.

The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.

Multiple Choice

What two things are being compared in the following simile?
Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin.

Sylvia's face and baby's skin

Lotion and Sylvia's face.

Sylvia and her face.

Sylvia and smooth.

Multiple Choice

Identify the Simile below...

The tree danced in the wind.

She is as tall as a tree!

That cat is the devil.

My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

Multiple Choice

Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of this.

Personification

Hyberbole

Onomatopeoia

Simlie

Multiple Choice

"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"The tropical storm slept for days". This is an example of what figurative language device?

Personification

Simile

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence?

Alliteration

Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Multiple Choice

"Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device?

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

simile

metaphor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

The boy was upset at himself.

The boy was a tornado of emotion.

The boy said he’d die of shame.

The boy did not like what he’d done.

Multiple Choice

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?
The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand.

Crab and Sand

Crab and dancing scissors

Scissors and sand

Dancing and sand.

Multiple Choice

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?

Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets quietly.

"best friend" and "secrets"

"diary'' and "secrets"

"Diary" and "her best friend"

"her" and "diary"

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