Question 1

Which of the following is a SIMILE?

Accepted Answer

My dog eats like a pig.

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My dog eats a ton of food each day.

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My dog is a pig when he eats.

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My dogs devours donuts.

Question 2

Which of the following is a METAPHOR?

Accepted Answer

My parents think my little sister is an angel.

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I think my sister is as devious as a fox.

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She has my parents snowballed.

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My little sister, Sally, is six.

Question 3

Which of the following is an ONOMATOPOEIA?

Accepted Answer

Thunder boomed all around us.

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The thunder sounded like a freight train barreling toward us.

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It's raining cats and dogs outside!

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When we awoke, a storm greeted us.

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of ALLITERATION?

Accepted Answer

Ryan gives Rachel red roses regularly.

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My grandma has a green thumb.

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The garden is a rainbow of colors.

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The flowers in the garden beckoned me.

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of PERSONIFICATION?

Accepted Answer

The book was begging me to pick it up and start reading it.

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Ben likes books about baseball.

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It's time to hit the books.

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My brother is a library of information.

Question 6

Which of the following is a HYPERBOLE?

Accepted Answer

He's been sleeping forever!

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The bed is calling my name.

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Bill got up on the wrong side of the bed today!

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Dad sounds like a saw when he sleeps.

Question 7

Which of the following is an IDIOM?

Accepted Answer

Hold your horses!

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Gabby treats her horse like a princess.

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Clip-clop, Sam rode her horse along the path.

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He is a racehorse when he runs.

Question 8

My parents are going to kill me when they see my report card!  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

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metaphor

Answer

simile

Answer

idiom

Question 9

The thirsty tomato plant gulped up the rainwater.  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

personification

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simile

Answer

metaphor

Answer

idiom

Question 10

You should see her jump.  She is a kangaroo.  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

metaphor

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personification

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idiom

Answer

simile

Question 11

Don't let the cat out of the bag!  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

idiom

Answer

alliteration

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onomatopoeia

Answer

personification

Question 12

The racecar zoomed around the track.  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Answer

alliteration

Answer

personification

Answer

idiom

Question 13

Melissa is as sweet as candy.  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

simile

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personification

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metaphor

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onomatopoeia

Question 14

Which of the following sentences contains a SIMILE?

Accepted Answer

That shirt is bright like the sun.

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I like pizza and pop.

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She is almost as fast as her brother.

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Sheila looks like her mom.

Question 15

Phyllis found five photographs.  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

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personification

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idiom

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simile

Question 16

The bacon sizzled in the pan.  The sentence is an example of?

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

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personification

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metaphor

Answer

simile

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