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BT Parts 2 & 3 Figurative Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When Papa speaks as he formulates his plan, his voice is soft and unsure. When he speaks after fully realizing his plan, Zusak writes, “This time, his voice was like a fist, freshly banged on the table.”

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

irony

2.

Above her, Rosa appeared to be smudged, but she soon clarified as her cardboard face loomed closer.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

idiom

3.

He clenched his eyes. Then opened them. He slapped Liesel Meminger squarely in the face.

"Don't ever say that!"

a)

characterization

b)

internal conflict

c)

external conflict

d)

setting

4.

The book was hot and wet, blue and red--embarrassed--and Hans Hubermann opened it up.

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

irony

d)

oxymoron

5.

“At the time, Liesel had no idea that her foster father, Hans Hubermann, was contemplating one of the most dangerous dilemmas a German citizen could face. Not only that, he’d been facing it for close to a year.”

a)

external conflict

b)

internal conflict

c)

plot

d)

setting

6.

Mein Kampf saving Max shows which figurative language?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

irony

7.

I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprise.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

irony

8.

Which is a theme found in Rudy Steiner's contradictory actions of stealing food that he later shares?

a)

All people have the potential for good and evil.

b)

Friendship is dependent on sacrifice.

c)

Nature is at war with everyone.

d)

Death is life's final joke.

9.

What literary device is used when Zusak intersperses the Struggler chapters with those with Liesel having a great time.?

a)

suspense

b)

mood

c)

plot

d)

point of view

10.

“On the streets of Molching that day, each window was decorated for the Führer...the glass was vigorously washed, and the swastika looked like a jewel...In others, the flag trundeled from the ledge like washing hung out to dry.” How does the difference among the citizens’ flag displays serve as a metaphor?

a)

It represents the town’s complete dissatisfaction with Hitler.

b)

It conveys the depression Nazism has caused in town.

c)

It embodies the citizens’ varying levels of support for Nazism.       

d)

It represents the town’s complete satisfaction with Hitler.