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WorksheetsDrummer Boy Of Shiloh-Fig. Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "a peach stone struck like panic"?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Identify the figurative language in "the drum’s great lunar face peered at him."
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
Oxymoron
What is the figurative language in "a solemn time and a solemn night"?
Parallel Structure
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Which figurative language is used in "a leap, a yell, a blind plunge"?
Parallel Structure
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
What type of figurative language is "others murmuring to themselves"?
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
"There wasn’t a man-boy on this ground" is an example of which figurative language?
Oxymoron
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language in "firm and fiery family."
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
What type of figurative language is "the voice was about to move on"?
Synecdoche
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language in "the sun might not show its face."
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
What is the figurative language in "You are the heart of the army"?
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Which figurative language is used in "waves rolling in like a well-ordered cavalry charge"?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Identify the figurative language in "one part humble and one part proud."
Contrast
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
What type of figurative language is "Good grief"?
Oxymoron
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language in "I was the drummer boy at Shiloh."
"I was the drummer boy at Shiloh."
Repetition
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
What is the figurative language in "He swallowed. He wiped his eyes. He cleared his throat. He settled himself."?
Parallel Structure
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
The Peach blossoms serve as a ____________ in the Drummer Boy of Shiloh
symbol of a battle soon beginning
symbol of innocence, soon to be lost
symbol of being homesick and afraid of the upcoming battle
symbol of t he changing seasons
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) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
hyperbole
What is being compared in the simile: "He lay there like a great small animal, sniffing the dark"?
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The boy and a drum
The boy and a soldier
The boy and the general
The boy and a frightened animal
What is the effect of personification in the line, "the dark time that smelled of warm earth, worm, and night itself"?
It gives human-like qualities to the night.
It compares the earth to an army.
It makes the boy seem more mature.
It exaggerates the importance of the moment.
The general’s words, "You are the heart of the army," suggest that the drummer boy is:
The most important soldier
The leader of the group
Providing rhythm and courage to the troops
A symbol of fear and uncertainty
