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Which of the following contains a simile?
The
students
read
silently
during AR
time.
She ran like a deer.
Conscience
is the thing
that makes
us all think
twice.
The car horn
screamed at
the pedestrian
standing in the
middle of the
street.
Which sentence contains a
metaphor?
The forest
was as quiet
as a falling
leaf.
Big trees
fell like
toothpicks
when Paul
Bunyan
swung his
axe.
Babe’s
hoof-beats
were like
thunder
resounding
through the
hills.
Paul’s voice
was a
cannon
breaking
the silence.
Which of the following
sentences contain
personification?
The 8.4a
Form A
assessment is
as easy as pie.
He shot across
the yard like
an arrow.
Slowly,
silently, now
the moon
walks the
night.
He was snoring like a bear.
Go to Category 2.
Which of the following sentences contain a hyperbole?
The students crowded
around my desk for candy
like a pack of rats.
The baby cried out with
a shrill, sharp scream.
My sister uses so much
make-up that when she takes
it off, she loses 30 pounds.
It was so cold; my
arms had goosebumps all over them.
Identify the meaning of the figure
of speech in the following
sentence:
When life hands you lemons,
make lemonade.
When life
doesn’t
seem so
great,
make the
best out
of what
you’ve
got.
Everyone
should
make
lemonade
from
fresh
lemons.
Everyone
loves to
drink
lemonade
.
People
should
live as if
life is
one big
lemonade
stand.
Identify the meaning of the figure
of speech in the following
sentence:
She had an ice-cube for a
heart.
She had
just had
heart
transplan
t surgery.
She needed heart
medication.
She
was a
vampire
.
She was
a cold,
unfeelin
g
person.
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Category 3.
Which of the following
explains the simile in the
following sentence?
She
studies
all the
time.
She does very well
in school; she is as sharp
as a tack.
She is
very
smart.
She has
long,
pointed
fingernails.
She works
in the
school
bookstore.
Which of the following
explains the hyperbole in
the following sentence?
I went to
a very
big
picnic.
By the time I got to
the picnic, I was so hungry
that I ate 1000 hamburgers.
I was
selfish and
didn’t want
anyone else
to have a
hamburger.
I did not
think there
would be
enough
hamburger
s at the
picnic.
I ate a lot of
hamburgers
.
Complete the following
analogy:
instrument
Strawberry is to fruit as
clarinet is to:
reed
music
notes
Go to
Category 4.
Complete the following analogy:
3 is to 6 as 4 is to:
5
2
8
16
What is the relationship in the following
analogy?
Cold is to freezing as hot is to boiling
type
characteristic
operator
degree
What is the relationship in the following
analogy?
Happy is to ecstatic as mad is to fuming
operator
degree
characteristic
type
Go to
Category 5.
What is the relationship in the following
analogy?
Measles is to disease as wool is to fabric
A
C
Number
B
Degree
D
Operator
Type
Complete the following analogy:
Counterfeit is to fake as
A
C
sport is to baseball
B
aide is to assistant
D
currency is to coin
humid is to dry
Complete the following analogy:
Poverty is to wealth as
A
C
B
empty is to full
clothing is to sweater
D
debris is to litter
vocal is to singer
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Category 6.
His laywer is a shark.
The sentence above is an example
of--
simile
metaphor
personification
The tree branch reached out and
grabbed my hat as I walked under it.
The sentence above is an example
of--
metaphor
simile
personification
His head was like a pumpkin.
The sentence above is an example
of--
personification
simile
metaphor
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