English study guide

What type of figurative language is used in the line "The hills are singing?"

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

What is a possible connotation of the color gray?

• Hopelessness

• Excitement

• Bad Weather

• Joy

Which line below BEST uses imagery to appeal to the sense of smell?

• The shining light of the sun

• The mingled fragrance of the trees

• Music singing in the hills

• Voices the new awakening

"To collect a million seashells" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• Simile

• onomatopoeia

The following sentence best describes what type of figurative language?    Eliza walked as gracefully as a swan.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• pun

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence.   Ryan enjoys walking in the woods where he can hear the crunch of the leaves under his feet.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

When she is angry, it is obvious that she woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence.  Leigh left the luxurious lunchroom to eat with Julia in the lounge.

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Pun

Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentences.  What did the ocean say to the sand?  Nothing it just waved.

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Identify the voice of the following sentence.  Fearing he would miss his English class, Bob pounded on the door.

• Active

• Passive