12.1 Post Test

What is a simile? 

• Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
• Comparing two things in a text
• Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
• None of the above

What is a hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
• Telling the truth
• Comparing a rock to a island
• Break a leg

The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

The west wind dances down the road.

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Oxymoron

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Oxymoron

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole