Figurative Language in A Sound of Thunder

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You are as a beautiful as a flower.
• The trees danced in the wind.
• I waited in line for 10 years!
• He is an encyclopedia of knowledge. 

What is a simile?

• Comparing two unlike things without using like and as

• Comparing two unlike things in a text

• Comparing two unlike things using like and as

• None of the above

What is a metaphor?

• Comparing two unlike things in a text

• Comparing two unlike things using like and as

• An exaggeration

• Comparing two unlike things without using like and as

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• a comparison using like or as
• repeating the beginning consonant sounds
• none of the above

"He was as cool as a cucumber." is an example of a(n)

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• None of the above

What type of figurative language is shown?

I have told you a million times not to do that!

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What is Imagery?

• sensory descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

• a joke

• a figure of speech in which a word or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

"The last time we talked
The night that I walked
Burns like an iron
in the back of my mind"

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

"Winter's icy grip caused people to shudder and flock back to their homes." What is being personified?

• Winter
• People
• Homes
• Grip

She was a walking encyclopedia.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor