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A: his face was an open book

C: she was as pretty as a picture

B: thwack!

D: she sells sea shells by the sea shore

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Which of the following is an

example of simile?

C

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A: a reference to something else (like a movie or story)

C: a comparison not using “like” or “as”

B: the repetition of a consonant sound

D: a word that is spelled like it sounds

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What is the definition of “allusion”?

A

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A: Personification

C: Simile

B: A metaphor

D: Allusion

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“He was a lion of a man, fierce and always roaring,” is an

example of:

B

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A: A comparison using ‘like’

or ‘as’

C: a reference to something else

B: a phrase that contradicts itself, but somehow makes sense

D: when the reader knows the ultimate fate of the character, but the character doesn’t.

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An oxymoron is…

B

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A: A comparison of two unlike things.

C: A regional variety of language

B: Words that represent sounds.

D: The rhyme scheme.

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Dialect is…

C

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Milestone!Milestone!

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A: words that represent sounds

C: a reference to history or culture.

B: repeated consonants or sounds in a sentence

D: something that is not real.

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Alliteration is….

B

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A: metaphor

C: refrain

B: allusion

D: alliteration

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“ I have a dream that….

I have a dream that….

I have a dream that…

Is an example of….

C

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A: imagery

C: personification

B: metaphor

D: a symbol

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A wedding ring is an example of….

D

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A: alliteration

C: hyperbole

B: rhyme scheme

D: simile

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“If I told you once, I told you a million times…: is

an example of….

C

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A: a gross exaggeration

C: A comparison of two unlike things.

B: repeated words and sounds.

D: A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as.

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What is the definition of metaphor?

C

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Milestone!Milestone!

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A: metaphor

C: hyperbole

B: personification

D: alliteration

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“The steeples swam in amethyst”

is an example of:

B

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A: simile

C: alliteration

B: refrain

D: hyperbole

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The poet’s use of “more than whole mines of gold” and “rivers cannot quench” to express how

much she loves her husband is an example of:

D

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A: her sister

C: her mother

B: her grandmother

D: herself

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Maya Angelou’s autobiography.

About whom is she writing?

D

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A: A metaphor.

C: An idiom.

B: Personification.

D: Hyperbole.

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What is“It’s raining cats and dogs”an example of?

C

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A: ABBA

C: BABA

B: AAAA

D: ABAB

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Identify the rhyme scheme:

“When icicles hang by the wall

And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,

And Tom bears logs into the hall,

And milk comes frozen home in pail…”

D

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