TEKS.ELA.7.9D

What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly

• Simile
• Metaphor

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"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 

• simile and personification
• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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Which is an example of hyperbole?

• "With torn and bleeding hearts we smile"
• "Why should the world be overwise"
• "We sing, but oh the clay is vile"
• "But let the world dream otherwise"

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"When the Wind is low, and the sea is soft, and the heat-lightning plays," is an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

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"Her early leaf's a flower" is an example of

• irony
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

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The phrase "pleaded with his eyes" is used in this selection to mean Victor

• wanted a job
• was unable to speak
• was begging for mercy
• didn't understand Mr. Bueller

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"So Eden sank to grief." What allusion is being made here?

• The Garden of Eden
• Heaven's Gate
• Adam and Eve
• The novel "East of Eden"

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TEKS.ELA.8.6G

He was as cool as a cucumber is an example of a(n)

• Simile
• Dessert
• Metaphor
• None of the above

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Paul is surprised when Joey compares the kids at Tangerine Middle to...

• little blue smurfs

• zombies from the apocalypse

• natives from the jungle

• snobby aristocrats

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"The firework exploded in the air, making a big boom"

is an example of...

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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