1) There was a blanket of snow. a) SIMILE b) ONOMATOPOEIA c) REPETITION d) ALLITERATION e) METAPHOR f) SIBILANCE 2) She sang like an angel. a) METAPHOR b) REPETITION c) AUDITORY IMAGE d) SIMILE e) RULE OF THREE f) RHETORICAL QUESTION 3) He rocketed like a bullet. a) METAPHOR b) ONOMATOPOEIA c) REPETITION d) ALLITERATION e) RULE THREE f) SIMILE 4) She bowed her head in a black shroud of sorrow. a) SIMILE b) ONOMATOPOEIA c) TRIPLETS d) REPETITION e) METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE f) ADVERB 5) She clasped her crushed, cherry cotton shawl in her arms. a) REPETITION b) SIMILE c) RULE OF 3 d) METAPHOR e) ADVERB f) ONOMATOPOEIA 6) He awoke to the clickety clack, clickety clack of the sails rattling in the harbour below. a) SIMILE b) METAPHOR c) ONOMATOPOEIA d) RHETORICAL QUESTION e) ADVERB f) ALITERATION 7) The steam train belched smoke and burped ash as it trundled across the rails. a) SIBILANCE b) SIMILE c) RHETORICAL QUESTION d) ADVERB e) ALLITERATION f) TRIPLETS 8) The boughs of the oak shivered, shook and sighed. a) RHETORICAL QUESTION b) ADVERB c) PATHETIC FALLACY d) SIMILE e) COLOUR IMAGERY f) ONOMATOPOEIA 9) The ancient oak door whined open, groaning in the pitch-dark cathedral. a) SIMILE b) VERBS c) PERSONIFICATION d) TRIPLETS e) SENSORY - SMELL f) RHETORICAL QUESTION 10) His face was scarred and puckered with acne, like a dimpled sour orange. a) ADVERB b) RULE OF THREE c) SIMILE d) METAPHOR e) ONOMATOPOEIA f) PERSONIFICATION 11) Her only desire was reach the safety of home and the solitude of her thoughts. a) EMOTIVE LANGUAGE b) RULE OF THREE ADJECTIVES c) METAPHOR d) ONOMATOPOEIA e) PERSONIFICATION f) SIBILANCE 12) Softly, silently, sneakily she tiptoed into the room. a) SIMILE b) METAPHOR c) PERSONIFICATION d) ADVERBS & SIBILANCE e) RHETORICAL QUESTION f) COLOUR IMAGERY

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