Figurative Language in The City of Ember II

What literary device is evident in: "dreadful discovery"?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

What literary device is evident in: "Lina's heart leapt"?

• personification

• juxtaposition

• alliteration

• simile

What literary device is evident in: "What is it? What is it?"

• hyperbole

• simile

• repetition

• metaphor

What literary device is evident in: "scuffled, snatching"?

• simile

• personification

• juxtaposition

• alliteration

What literary device is evident in: "as beautiful as a red tomato"?

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• juxtaposition

What literary device is evident in: "hogwash, batting a thousand, all in the same boat"?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

What literary device is evident in: "blue, green colored pencils = sky, Earth"?

• symbolism

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

What literary device is evident in: "scarf, blanket = warmth, comfort"?

• simile

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• juxtaposition

What literary device is evident in: "a picture arose in her mind's eye"?

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• juxtaposition

What literary device is evident in: "He's as mild as a glass of water"?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• allusion

• simile