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Figurative Language in The City of Ember

Authored by Brea Williams

English

7th - 8th Grade

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Figurative Language in The City of Ember
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"a black worm of dread" (DuPrau18)?

simile
metaphor
personification

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"The others swarmed forward to try" (DuPrau 19)?

simile
metaphor
personification
allusion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"Happiness sprang up in her" (DuPrau 16)?

simile
metaphor
personification
allusion

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following: 
"She could run forever" (DuPrau 16)?

hyperbole
personification
juxtaposition
metaphor

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"How could people find their way through the streets in the dark?" (DuPrau 19).

juxtaposition
metaphor
rhetorical question
allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"The walls were dark red, with brownish patches...An ugly brown carpet lay on the floor" (DuPrau 33)?

hyperbole
color symbolism
alliteration
metaphor

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary term is the following:
"His lower jaw jutted out and moved a little from side to side" (DuPrau 32)?

allusion
juxtaposition
alliteration
simile

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