1) Identify the metaphor. a) He was a lion in battle b) The tough as leather teacher spoke gruffly to the class c) The wind moaned 2) Identify the simile. a) Love is a saw that amputates the heart b) A narrow wind complains all day, how someone treated him c) The boy ran like the wind 3) Identify onomatopoeia. a) The coward was trembling like a leaf b) When the farmer put his pick in the soil, he was amazed to see that the Earth bled oil c) We heard the cauldron bubble 4) Identify personification. a) Her eyes were glistening pools of sapphire b) The leaves flutter with a breeze. c) The sky is low, the clouds are mean. A travelling flake of snow across a barn or through a rut, debates if it will go. d) The plate landed with a clatter. 5) Identify alliteration.  a) Go slow on the road b) The cat had a snack c) Shadows crept cautiously through the cavern d) Sally sells seashells by the seashore 6) Identify sibilance. a) I said, "Hi! I will try to fly high to the sky." b) It was cool in the clear blue water of the pool c) Silvers and shards of glass shattered on the floor d) Bill bought blueberries 7) Identify assonance. a) She sat silent and still b) No! You may not put your toe in the snow! c) He knocked on the bolted door. d) The birds sang sweetly 8) Identify hyperbole.  a) My journey home takes forever b) His bravery was one of his greatest qualities. c) We need all of you. d) The poor, emaciated child was snatched from the depths of despair. 9) Identify oxymoron. a) I am quite clearly confused about all this. b) It might seem like old news to you but 2020 brought a new normal, a time of being alone together. c) I am so hungry I could eat a dinosaur d) So happy I could die e) A deafening silence could be heard. f) The trees stood as tall as towers. 10) The ground crumbled like icing sugar under my feet as I heaved across the summit. a) This uses metaphor b) This uses simile c) This uses personification 11) The sun was relentless and beat down on my back as I wiped drips of salty sweat from my neckline. a) This uses sibilance and personification b) This uses assonance c) This uses alliteration 12) The deafening silence of the chasm below filled me with dread. a) This uses oxymoron b) This uses simile c) This uses personification 13) Suddenly, eagles came into view, breaking the silence, screeching in hunger. a) This uses onomatopoeia b) This uses personification c) This uses simile. 14) What is the difference between personification and pathetic fallacy? a) Personification gives ANY human quality to an object b) Pathetic fallacy is ALWAYS about giving emotions to something non-human c) Personification: the flowers danced in the breeze d) Pathetic fallacy: the raindrops wept around him 15) The weather is miserable outside a) This is an example of personification b) This is an example of pathetic fallacy 16) William Wordsworth's poem, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud a) This is an example of pathetic fallacy b) This is an example of personification 17) Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein: "The desert mountains and dreary (depressing) glaciers are my refuge." a) This is an example of pathetic fallacy b) This is an example of personification 18) The tree branch scratched and clawed at my windowsill, trying to break into the house. a) This is an example of pathetic fallacy. b) This is an example of personification. 19) During the night, the blanket crept up until it was snuggled under my chin and my feet were bare. a) This is an example of pathetic fallacy. b) This is an example of personification. 20) The diving board taunted me, daring me to approach. a) This is an example of pathetic fallacy. b) This is an example of personification.

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