1) The small, shiny, star shone in the sunlight. a) Alliteration b) simile c) sibilance d) metaphor e) personification f) hyperbole 2) Personification is used when... a) A writer wants to exaggerate something. b) A writer want to give an emotional characteristic to something not human. c) A writer wants to give a human physical characteristic to something not human. d) A writer uses something as a method of comparison. 3) What type of language technique has the writer used here? It was such a miserable day. a) Personification b) Hyperbole c) Pathetic Fallacy d) Metaphor 4) What technique would you use in this sentence? The dog g________ed menacingly at the strangers. a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Onomatopoeia d) peronification e) pathetic fallacy 5) Choose the correct Onomatopoeia word for this sentence. The _______ of a firework exploding. a) crash b) boom c) snarl d) woof 6) Why might a writer use a metaphor? a) to draw a readers attention to a particular line of text. b) To convey vivid imagery that can conjure up images in your head. c) To over-exaggerate, add emphasis, or be humorous in a piece of text. 7) Why might a writer use this phrase? "I could eat a horse". a) To say someone was a cannibal b) To imply someone was really hungry. 8) Which one of these words is an adverb? a) drive b) barking c) stomped d) family e) ran f) softly

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