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MetaphorSet 2

1Figure of speech: "The world is a stage."

2Which type of a semantic transfer is used in the expression "to catch an idea"?

3A poet writes, "The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas." Which literary device is being used?

4Read the sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during recess." What literary device is being used here?

5Who has "the power to kill/Without ..... the power to die?"

6Which of the following figures of speech is used in the sentence? "His words cut deeper than a knife."

7What weaves the air thread into woofs?

8Identify the figure of speech in these lines:and take only the good that comes through.

9"He's a couch potato." "She has a heart of gold.""The party was bomb."All of these are consider to be which of the following?

10An elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different

11Walmart is a zoo.

12What is the significance of Hurston's title "Dust Tracks on a Road"?

13Select the correct figurative language for the following sentence: The kids were wild monkeys today.

14Ho Chi Minh affirmed: 'A party without ideology is like a person without intelligence, a ship without a compass.' The 'compass' mentioned by Ho Chi Minh in his words is:

15Choose the sentence below that is closest in meaning to the figurative expression. His room is a train wreck. It is .....

16"Hope" is the thing with feathers-That perches in the soul-And sings the tune without the words-And never stops-at all-Here, a metaphor is used to compare hope to a bird. Which of the following tone words best represents poet Emily Dickinson's attitude about hope?(Literary Device)

17The snow was a white blanket covering the ground. What literary device is used in this sentence?

18The supermarket is a zoo today. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?

19What is the main purpose of using a metaphor in writing?

20A comparision of two UNLIKE things that says one this is another (ex. the class was a zoo, the floor is a blanket of snow)

21Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."She is a star in the sky."

22Figurative language: The new teacher is the sweetest angel.

23Frankie's God's gift to Brooklyn. What is being compared in this metaphor?

24Identify the following figurative language: Immediately, there was chaos. It was as if the people ceased being people and instead became an enormous herd of panicked, stampeding two-legged creatures.

25Define the following term: Metaphor

26A subtle comparison in which the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally (e.g., time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations). An extended metaphor is a metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire literary work.

27The ancient Greeks of America called them ..... in the ancient Greeks

28Arnold's "Dover Beach" is renowned for the metaphor of the-

29The car is a dinosaur, so we better buy a new one.What is the meaning of the metaphor highlighted green?

30Select the correct figurative language below. My brother was boiling mad.

31A metaphor uses this to compare two things by stating thatone is the other.

32In "The Tell-Tale Heart", how does the narrator describe the eye?

33You are my sun.

34Which literary device is predominantly used in 'Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed'?

35One of the times that Romeo uses his light/dark theme references about Juliet being light and his rejection (like Rosaline) being dark is when he says:

36Are you a pig?

37What do the children call the pretend game they play?

38What does the "purple host" represent?

39Name the literary device used in "They bring me tokens of myself"

40Identify the metaphoric combinations: the root of a tree, the root of a word, the root of a plant, the root of evil.

41In Poem: Immortality, what does "prison-house" metaphorically refer to?

42Identify the figurative language in the sentence below.Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

43When mom yelled, her words were daggers. Mom .....

44Identify the type of figurative language: The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!

45Identify the correct literary device/technique:"The little boy was a shining star."

46In the peak of the quarrel he poured the soothing oil of compassion on the burning flames of anger.

47What figure of speech is the following: "He is the black sheep of the family."

48Figures of Speech-What is a metaphor?

49In The Meaning of Africa, the semantic field centers on Africa as

50The CPU is the ..... of the computer

51Proctor's famous line, 'We are only what we always were, but naked now, ' primarily relies on a metaphor to convey the idea that:

52Identify the following figurative language: "Our dog was a speed skater on the frozen pond."

53Earth is our Mother and our tent, the sky.

54What type of stylistic device is a metaphor?

55"leaden-eyed despairs"

56I grow smaller every time I share myself, yet I make others brighter. What am I?

57In the statement "He lives in that there is an Eternal harmony in him", Carlyle uses the word "harmony" to mean:

58Which of the following is an example of a metaphor:a) The world is a stage b) As brave as a lion c) The wind howled d) The stars twinkled

59In "The Highwayman," the statement "The air current was a flood of shadows ..... " is categorized as a(n):

60Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?"Your heart's a dead tomato splotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch."

61Select the type of figurative language being used in each of the examples. The alligator's teeth are white daggers.