Fog & Dreams Quiz

In the poem, "Fog" by Carl Sandburg he uses the literary device _______ when he writes that the "fog comes on little cat feet."

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

In "Fog" by Carl Sandburg the fog is described as a cat sitting on silent "haunches." What are "haunches?"

• cat's tongue

• cat's paw

• cat's stomach

• cat's eyes

In the poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes, what type of figurative language is the statement:

Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

• simile

• personification

• imagery

• metaphor

In the poem Dreams by Langston Hughes, which statement is considered to be a type of figurative language? What type of figurative language is it?

• Hold fast to dreams; simile

• Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die; metaphor

• Hold fast to dreams for it dreams die; personification

• Life is a barren field frozen with snow: simile