Figurative Language: Pre-Assessment

The traffic crawled along the congested highway.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

The house was small.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Literal

• None of the Above

The FBI is a fortress of secrecy.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up

Like a raisin in the sun?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

At precisely 6:30 a.m. my alarm clock sprang to life.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

A butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

Mr. Jones is always calling my name. Like dude, can you just stop! I don't know the answers.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

He had a big round stomach so he looked like a polar bear.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above

The pigeons rose into the air as if caught in a tornado.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Literal

• None of the Above