When he heard the scream, claws of fear tore at his scalp.

The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.

Dead on her feet, Marla collapsed onto the worn bus seat, glad her 24-hour shift was finally over.

The tornado played with the car, picking it up in its jaws, then, dropping it.

The shark’s fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.

Janice tiptoed through the house, trying not to wake the peacefully sleeping baby.

Nicholas believes that it is unhealthy to be as thin as a pancake.

The busy storekeeper growled at us like an old grizzly bear.

The speaker rumbled and roared, burying his audience in an avalanche of words.

A light breeze blew through the garden, and the fresh scent of flowers drifted into the house.

Which two things are being compared? The skin on the farmer’s face was as wrinkled, weathered, and worn as the leather on a horse’s harness.

Which two things are being compared? Juana’s dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses.

Which two things are being compared? The snow and ice storm made the city look as if it were part of the Ice Age.

Which two things are being compared? My brother is a great cook; if he fried a hot dog, he could probably make it taste like a charcoal-broiled steak.

Which two things are being compared? Uncle Tyrone’s snores sound so much like a chainsaw they could probably cut wood.

Which two things are being compared? It was really quite small, but to a three-year old girl, the park was an enormous, limitless forest.

Which two things are being compared? The old deserted movie theater was so musty and foul that it was the same as a sealed tomb opened for the first time in a thousand years.

Which of the following pairs of words is an example of alliteration?

Which of the following pairs of words is an example of onomatopoeia?

Which of the following pairs of words is an example of assonance?

Which of the following pairs of words is an example of consonance?

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!”

Based on the lines, the sounds of the words that and bite are an example of

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!”

Based on the lines, the sounds of the words claws and catch are an example of

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

Which sentence is an example of consonance?

Which sentence is an example of assonance?

Which sentence is an example of onomatopoeia?

With thorns, she scratches

on my window, tosses her hair dark with rain… (“Uncoiling”)

What figure of speech do these lines contain?

With thorns, she scratches

on my window, tosses her hair dark with rain… (“Uncoiling”)

The imagery in these lines appeal to the following senses except

She spews gusts and thunder,

spooks pale women who scurry to

lock doors, windows

when her tumbleweed skirt starts its spin. (“Uncoiling”)

Which of the following is not an example of alliteration in these lines?

She spews gusts and thunder,

spooks pale women who scurry to

lock doors, windows

when her tumbleweed skirt starts its spin. (“Uncoiling”)

Which of the following is not an example of assonance in these lines?

In your house that smelled like

rose powder, you spoke Spanish formal

as your father, the judge without a courtroom

in the country he floated to in the dark

on a flatbed truck. (“A Voice”)

Which lines from the passage does not illustrate the use of simile?

In your house that smelled like

rose powder, you spoke Spanish formal

as your father, the judge without a courtroom

in the country he floated to in the dark

on a flatbed truck. (“A Voice”)

What figure of speech is contained in the words “the judge without a courtroom.”