English 6 1st PT

Which sound device uses words that imitate natural sounds?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

• Consonance

The phrase “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” is an example of:

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

Which sentence shows assonance?

• “The light of the fire is a sight.”

• “Buzzing bees buzz busily.”

• “The cat sat on the mat.”

• “The big bug bit the bag.”

Which is consonance?

• “Mike likes his new bike.”

• “The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.”

• “The lumpy bumpy road.”

• “The ship has sailed to the far off shores.”

Which shows personification?

• The clock shouted at me to wake up.

• The cat sat quietly.

• The sun is big and hot.

• The tree is tall.

Which is an example of irony?

• A traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• The bee buzzed in the garden.

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

• The clouds are like cotton.

• The waves crashed loudly.

• The door creaked slowly.

Which is a simile?

• Her smile was as bright as the sun.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• The wind whispered secrets.

• He’s drowning in paperwork.

Which is a metaphor?

• My brother is a night owl.

• She is as graceful as a swan.

• The baby laughed like a bubbling brook.

• The kettle hissed.

“Time is a thief” is an example of:

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor