Preparing for Poetry

The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...

• Metaphor 
• Simile 
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia 

What is a hyperbole?

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

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

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. 

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!
• No!
• Yes!
• Go!

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

The idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining" means..

• Every cloud is outlined in silver
• It was a great movie with Jennifer Lawrence 
• Even difficult days will turn out for the better
• Move on with life

An idiom is  

• a phrase that doesn't have a literal or predictive meaning 
• a phrase that is supposed to be taken literally
• when an idiot takes this test
• a phrase that has several meanings

 

Definition: a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another dissimilar object or thing

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• assonance