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Drummer Boy Of Shiloh-Fig. Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "a peach stone struck like panic"?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron

2.

Identify the figurative language in "the drum’s great lunar face peered at him."

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron

3.

What is the figurative language in "a solemn time and a solemn night"?

a)

Parallel Structure

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

4.

Which figurative language is used in "a leap, a yell, a blind plunge"?

a)

Parallel Structure

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

5.

What type of figurative language is "others murmuring to themselves"?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

6.

"There wasn’t a man-boy on this ground" is an example of which figurative language?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

7.

Identify the figurative language in "firm and fiery family."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

8.

What type of figurative language is "the voice was about to move on"?

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

9.

Identify the figurative language in "the sun might not show its face."

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

10.

What is the figurative language in "You are the heart of the army"?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron

11.

Which figurative language is used in "waves rolling in like a well-ordered cavalry charge"?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Oxymoron

12.

Identify the figurative language in "one part humble and one part proud."

a)

Contrast

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

13.

What type of figurative language is "Good grief"?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

14.

Identify the figurative language in "I was the drummer boy at Shiloh."

"I was the drummer boy at Shiloh."

a)

Repetition

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

15.

What is the figurative language in "He swallowed. He wiped his eyes. He cleared his throat. He settled himself."?

a)

Parallel Structure

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

16.

The Peach blossoms serve as a ____________ in the Drummer Boy of Shiloh

a)

symbol of a battle soon beginning

b)

symbol of innocence, soon to be lost

c)

symbol of being homesick and afraid of the upcoming battle

d)

symbol of t he changing seasons

17.

What figurative language is used in the phrase: "The boy turned on his side, a great sigh went through him as if the army itself was sighing"?

a)

A) Simile

b)

B) Metaphor

c)

C) Personification

d)

hyperbole

18.

What is being compared in the simile: "He lay there like a great small animal, sniffing the dark"?
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a)

The boy and a drum

b)

The boy and a soldier

c)

The boy and the general

d)

The boy and a frightened animal

19.

What is the effect of personification in the line, "the dark time that smelled of warm earth, worm, and night itself"?

a)

It gives human-like qualities to the night.

b)

It compares the earth to an army.

c)

It makes the boy seem more mature.

d)

It exaggerates the importance of the moment.

20.

The general’s words, "You are the heart of the army," suggest that the drummer boy is:

a)

The most important soldier

b)

The leader of the group

c)

Providing rhythm and courage to the troops

d)

A symbol of fear and uncertainty