Touching Spirit Bear Figurative Language
Quiz by Pauline Sung
Grade 8
English Language Arts
Common Core
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- Q1"If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness." The above statement is an example ofParadoxMetaphorAssonanceHyperbole300s
- Q2"Language is a road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going." The above statement is an example ofhyperboleonomotopoeiaMetaphorsimile300s
- Q3“[. . .] Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed [. . .]” The above statement is an example ofironyPersonificationalliterationsimile300s
- Q4She killed him with kindness. The above statement is an example ofParadoxmetaphorpersonificationoxymoron300s
- Q5All hands on deck! The above statement is an example ofmetaphormetaphorSynecdocheanaphora300s
- Q6”I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in the South - barely tolerated spinsters living upon the grudging patronage of sister's husband or brother's wife! - stuck away in some little mousetrap of a room - encouraged by one in-law to visit another - little birdlike women without any nest - eating the crust of humility all their life!” The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams In the above passage, “some little mousetrap of a room” is an example ofmetaphorpersonificationsimileallusion300s
- Q7“Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.” Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck The above passage is an example ofironyanaphorapersonificationsynecodoche300s
- Q8“Pop, would go one of the six-inch guns; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech – and nothing Happened.” Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad The above passage is an example ofonomatopoeiaanaphoraassonancesynecdoche300s
- Q9“At the close of the afternoon service we returned by an exposed and hilly road, where the bitter winter wind, blowing over a range of snowy summits to the north, almost flayed the skin from our faces.” Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë The above passage is an example ofonomatopoeiaassonancepersonificationirony300s
- Q10“A street of farmers’ homesteads – a street ruled by a mayor and corporation, yet echoing with the thump of the flail, the flutter of the winnowing-fan, and the purr of the milk into the pails – a street which had nothing urban in it whatever – this was the Durnover end of Casterbridge.” The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy The above passage is an example ofsimileanaphoraassonancepersonification300s
- Q11A feigned illness isfakedlife-threateningchronic300s
- Q12The situation that is the best example of an omen is _______________.hearing your favorite song on the radiohaving a policeman knock on your door unexpectedlyplanning a fun day with friends300s
- Q13To say that a house was shrouded by a gnarled growth of hedges and trees means that it was _______________.surrounded by professionally landscaped gardenshidden from view by uncontrolled plant growthvisibly accented beyond a line of dense vegetation300s
- Q14To say that Cole was able to conjure up an excuse means that he came up with an explanation _______________.that was totally believableas if by magicin no time at all300s
- Q15A venomous remark is _______________.spitefula joke shared between friendsfunny300s