Esperanza Rising Ch.10-14 Figurative Language Quizs

“Aguántate tanito y la fruta caerá en tu mano.”  Wait a little while and the fruit will fall into your hand.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allegory

• Personification

  “Esperanza’s eyes were on fire.”

What literary device is being used in this statement?

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

  “As she thought about Papa, tears sprang from her eyes and she suddenly felt weary, as if she had been clinging to a rope but didn’t have the strength to hold on any longer.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

 “A temper Esperanza did not recognize raged to the surface. Then, like the irrigation pipes in the fields when the water is first turned on, her anger burst forth.” 

What literary device is used in this statement?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

“They passed miles of naked grapevines, stripped of their harvest and bereft of their leaves.”

What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

 “Now my life is like the zigzag in the blanket on Mama’s bed.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

 “A thick tule ground fog that hugged the earth settled in the valley, surrounding them, as if they stood within a deep gray cloud.”

What literary devices are used in this sentence?

• Metaphor and Hyperbole

• Simile and Personification

• Alliteration and Assonance

• Imagery and Symbolism

 “But afterward came the anticipation of spring and a valley pregnant with needs: graceful asparagus, ripening vineyards, and groaning trees.”

What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

 “I think my heart is dancing.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

“With eyes as hard as green plums, Miguel stared at her and his face contorted into a disgusted grimace.”

What literary device is used in this sentence?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration