Transcript Pop Quiz #2 - CPALMS.org

P OP Q UIZ
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My love is like a red, red rose.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
2
Brian was a wall, bouncing every
tennis ball back over the net.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
Snow speaks to the people; it’s
falling above in the glooming
sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice
echoes as it falls through the air.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
4
The baby was as snug as a
bug in a rug.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
5
In the f i lm a n d b o o k C h a r lo t te’s We b , C h a r lott e
e x p lai ns to Wi lbur tha t a ll li v i ng thi ngs ev entually
d i e . C ha r lot te t h e n h a s t o s p i n a we b t o s a v e
Wi lb ur’s li f e . In t h e p r o c es s o f s p i n n ing h e r we b ,
C ha r lotte e x p e nds a ll h e r e n e r gy a n d d i e s .
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
6
Yo u b r e a k a da te wi th yo ur g i rlfriend s o yo u c a n g o
to the b a ll g a m e wi t h t h e g u ys . Wh e n yo u g o t o t h e
c o nce ssi on s t a n d , yo u r u n i n t o yo u r g i r l, wh o i s
wi th a no th er g u y.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
7
In Lemony Snicket , most of the inhabitants of
the island on which the Baudelaires find
themselves in The End are characters from
The Tempest , a play by William Shakespeare.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
8
C r unch! C r u n ch! C r u n c h! J o e ’s b o o t s b r o k e t h e
f o r e st’s s i le n ce . A f u ll m o o n p e e k e d o u t f r o m
b e hi nd two c lo u ds . Tr e e s h a d o ws i llu m i na ted t h e
s no w d r i f t s i n i t s s h i m m er ing li g h t . J o e s h i v ere d
a s a c o ld g us t o f wi nd blew thro ugh hi s ja c ke t.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
9
“But my heart is a lonely hunter
that hunts on a lonely hill.”
-W ILLIAM S HARP
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
10
A woman is going to break up with her
boyfriend; meanwhile, he’s buying her a
diamond ring and planning his marriage
proposal.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
AN
EMERALD IS AS GREEN AS GRASS ,
A
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SAPPHIRE SHINES AS BLUE AS HEAVEN ;
A
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
RUBY RED AS BLOOD ;
FLINT LIES IN THE MUD .
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T HIS QUIZ IS A PIECE OF CAKE .
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
13
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her
seat, sighing, through all her works, gave
signs of woe.
- J OHN M ILTON
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
14
Christy didn't like to spend money. She was
no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased
anything except the bare necessities.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
F OG
15
T HE FOG COMES
ON LITTLE CAT FEET.
I T SITS LOOKING
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
OVER HARBOR AND CITY
ON SILENT HAUNCHES
AND THEN MOVES ON .
16
While camping, a person is talking about
how there are no bears in the area.
Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind
him.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
17
When the woman kept changing the
subject I knew she had something to hide.
I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to
be guilty.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
18
“Only the daisy trees were serene… they
ignored the men and continued to rock the
diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took
the river to persuade them that indeed the
world was altered .”
( T ONI M ORRISON , TAR B ABY )
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
19
I s m e lle d t h e wa r m , s we e t , a ll - p e rvas ive s m e ll o f
s i la g e, a s we ll a s t h e s o u r d i r t y la u n dr y s p i lli n g
o v e r the b a s k e t i n t h e h a ll. I c o u ld p i c k o u t t h e
a c r i d s m ell o f C la i re’s drenched di a per, her
s we a ty f e e t , a n d h e r h a i r c r u s te d wi t h s a n d .
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
20
The water beckoned invitingly
to the hot swimmers.
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Answer Choices:
A. Allusion
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification
E. Imagery
F. Foreshadowing
G. Irony
A NSWERS
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1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
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4. Simile
5. Foreshadowing (and Irony)
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6. Irony
7. Allusion
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9. Metaphor 10. Irony
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12. Metaphor
13. Personification
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14. Allusion
15. Personification
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16. Irony
17. Foreshadowing
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18. Personification
19. Imagery
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20. Personification
8. Imagery
11. Simile