POP QUIZ

My love is like a red, red rose.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

1

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

2

Snow speaks to the people; it’s fall ing above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

3

The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

4

I n the fi lm and book Char l o t te ’ s Web , Cha r l o t te exp la ins t o Wi l bu r tha t a l l l i v i ng th ings even tua l l y d i e . Char l o t te then has to sp in a web to save Wi lbu r ’ s l i f e . I n the p rocess o f sp inn ing her web , Cha r l o t te expends a l l he r energy and d ies .

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

5

You break a date with your gir lfr iend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your gir l, who is with another guy.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

6

I n Lem o n y S n i c ke t , m o s t o f t he i n ha b i t a n t s o f t he i s l a n d o n w h i c h t h e B a ud e la i re s fi n d th em se lv es i n T h e En d a re c ha ra c t e r s f ro m T h e Tem pe s t , a p l a y b y Wi l l i a m S ha kesp ea re .

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

7

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s si lence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows il luminated the snow drifts in its shimmering l ight. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

8

“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hil l .” -WILLIAM SHARP

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

9

A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he’s buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

10

AN EMERALD IS AS GREEN AS GRASS,A RUBY RED AS BLOOD;

A SAPPHIRE SHINES AS BLUE AS HEAVEN;

A FLINT LIES IN THE MUD. Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

11

THIS QUIZ IS A PIECE OF CAKE.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

12

Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe. - JOHN MILTON

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

13

Christy didn't l ike to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessit ies.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

14

F O GT H E F O G C O M E S

O N L I T T L E C A T F E E T.I T S I T S L O O K I N G

O V E R H A R B O R A N D C I T YO N S I L E N T H A U N C H E SA N D T H E N M O V E S O N .

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

15

While camping, a person is talking about how there are no bears in the area. Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind him.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

16

When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide. I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

17

“Only the daisy trees were serene… they ignored the men and cont inued to rock the diamondbacks that s lept in their arms. I t took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered.” (TONI MORRISON, TAR BABY )

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

18

I smel led the warm, sweet, al l -pervasive smel l of s i lage, as wel l as the sour dirty laundry spi l l ing over the basket in the hal l . I could pick out the acrid smel l of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

19

The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.

Answer Choices:

A. Allusion

B. Simile

C. Metaphor

D. Personification

E. Imagery

F. Foreshadowing

G. Irony

20

ANSWERS

1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. Personification

4. Simile 5. Foreshadowing (and Irony)

6. Irony 7. Allusion 8. Imagery

9. Metaphor 10. Irony 11. Simile

12. Metaphor 13. Personification

14. Allusion 15. Personification

16. Irony 17. Foreshadowing

18. Personification 19. Imagery

20. Personification