1) Sally sells seashells down by the seashore a) Alliteration b) Simile c) Repetition d) Analogy 2) MLK - "I Have a Dream" uses "we" over and over to show unity, to inspire, and send a feeling of hope. a) Hyperbole b) Irony c) Personification d) Repetition 3) When someone asks you if you can do somehting and you respond with "Can birds fly?" The questions isn't meant to be answered. a) Main Idea b) Rhetorical Question c) Metaphor d) Theme 4) She felt like she had a golden ticket. a) Allusion b) Analogy c) Alliteration d) Theme 5) I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse a) Aliteration b) Analogy c) Hyperbole d) Suspense 6) In "Little Red Riding Hood" Red doesn't follow the rules and ends up having to go head to head with a wolf that wants to eat her. a) Simile b) Main Idea c) Personification d) Metaphor 7) Girl in a horror film hides in a closet where the killer just went (the audience knows the killer is there, but she does not a) Situational Irony b) Verbal Irony c) Dramatic Irony d) Onomatopoeia 8) A man says, "My day is going wonderful!" (after spilling coffee on his shirt). a) Situational Irony b) Verbal Irony c) Dramatic Irony d) Onomatopeia 9) A post on Twitter complains about Twitter being useless. A police stations gets robbed. a) Situational Irony b) Verbal Irony c) Dramatic Irony d) Onomatopoeia 10) The lightning danced across the sky. Justice is blind a) Irony b) Onomatopoeia c) Repetition d) Personification 11) "Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get." a) Simile b) Analogy c) Onomatopoeia d) Euphemism 12) The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground. His words felt like a dagger in my heart. a) Onomatopoeia b) Irony c) Imagery d) Suspense 13) Cheerful, Gloomy, Humorous, Mysterious, Calm, Hopeful, Fearful, Angry, Tense, Lonely, etc. a) Simile b) Mood c) Rhetorical Question d) Metaphor 14) You were as brave as a lion. They fought like cats and dogs. a) Metaphor b) Alliteration c) Simile d) Allusion 15) In a story about a girl who is afraid of heights, there is a scene remembering a time when she fell off of the top of a piece of playground equipment as a young child. a) Suspense b) Metaphor c) Foreshadowing d) Flashback 16) "Hit the hay," "Up in the air," "Piece of cake" a) Idiom b) Metaphor c) Simile d) Allusion 17) Laughter is the best medicine. a) Idiom b) Metaphor c) Allusion d) Simile 18) "Tic Toc," "Bam," "Smash," "Zip," "Pow" a) Allusion b) Alliteration c) Onomatopoeia d) Euphemism 19) His hair is thinning. a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Euphemism d) Alliteration 20) Two teenagers enter an old, eerie house on Halloween night. a) Euphemism b) Suspense c) Analogy d) Sybolism 21) Heart = Love, Rainbow = Hope, Four Leaf Clover = Luck, Purple = Royal a) Euphemism b) Theme c) Analogy d) Symbolism 22) "Little Red Riding Hood" - Don't trust strangers. Even friendly strangers can have bad intentions. a) Analogy b) Symbolism c) Euphemism d) Theme 23) Dialogue: "I have a bad feeling about this" Symbols- blood, certain colors, weapons; Omen - prophecies or broken mirror, bloody wallet; Character Reactions - apprehension, curiosity, secrecy a) Hyperbole b) Flashback c) Analogy d) Forehadowing 24) "Controlled chaos" or "Same difference" a) Oxymoron b) Pun c) Onomatopoeia d) Personification 25) "I must be cruel only to be kind" - Hamlet a) Pun b) Oxymoron c) Paradox d) Alliteration

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