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SimileSet 5

1Which of these is not a simile?

2What is the effect of similes in writing?

3The landscape was a patchwork quilt of sights and sounds.

4Identify this figure of speech: 'When my great uncle drives, he is as slow as a turtle.'

5"The box was as heavy as a box of bricks" tells me that .....

6I am so tired that I move like a sloth.

7In Valentine, what technique has been used in the quote 'It will blind you with tears / Like a lover'?

8How can you write this sentence MOST VIVIDLY?The dogs fur was really soft and it was black and very shiny.

9What word signals that this is a simile? Miss Honey smiled as gently as a flower.(Hint: Remember a simile compares two things using two specific words)

10Annie: "Mom, my friend told me I have gorgeous eyes!" Mother: "It is true. Your eyes are as beautiful as the night sky." What figure of speech did the Mother use?

11How fast does Clara run?

12John saw someone like a son of man with a voice like .....

13Which sentence below is a simile?

14This sentence appeals to which sense:The dog's fur was as soft as a feather.

15They are as alike as two peas in a pod

16My little sister laughed like a hyena when I wore an inflatable t-rex costume.

17Complete the Simile:As busy as a

18"Her ruby slippers glowed like embers in a fire" is an example of what figurative language?

19The operating system is like a

20Kyra hung her head like a dying flower.

21What poetic device is being used in this quotation?'stumbling like a drunk'

22Compares something to another thing using the words "like" or as."

23Analyze the meaning:"Miranda's face was brighter than the sun when she saw John walk into the room."

24My wedding was the most wonderful day of my life. It's been nearly 40 years, but I still .....

25Which of the following sentences uses figurative language?

26The sun was in my eyes.

27What figure of speech is this sentence? "His smile was as bright as the sun"

28"Cute as a kitten" is an example of .....

29What form of figurative language is being used?"I hope you know, I hope you knowThat this has nothing to do with youIt's personal, myself and IWe got some straightening out to doAnd I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanketBut I've got to get a move on with my lifeIt's time to be a big girl nowAnd big girls don't cry"

30As Nora opened her test booklet, her nerves fluttered like a trapped bird, making her hands tremble slightly. What figurative language is used?

31SimileA figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."Example: "The water made a sound like kittens lapping." -The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsWhich example below is a simile?

32"like two little stray cats, they followed across the courtyard" -What type of figurative language is used in this quote?

33Identify the following figurative language: "Our house is like a public library because of all the books."

34Choose the correct sentence (A or B) to complete the exchange.Prompt: Can you describe the pain for me?

35Identify the figurative language used: Her laughter was like the tinkling of tiny bells.

36Which figurative language is this an example of: The bathroom was as clean as a whistle.

37Select the rhetorical device that matches the quote:"The solution to this problem is like road to recovery, and this road has a lot of obstacles."

38"The room was as dark as a closed closet." What type of figurative language is used in the previous sentence?

39Which literary device is used in the passage below?From Swinburne's "The Centenary of Alexandre Dumas" Thy name is as the splendour of a sunbright sword

40Bob is tiny, wiry, and fast, like a barking squirrel. His tail moves like weeds in the wind, spiraling, dancing. (page 34)

41The shark's fin cut the water like a razor slashing silk.

42Lungs are like stretchy ..... that fill up with air.

43"O my Luve is like a red, red rose. That's newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody.That's sweetly played in tune." ..... "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns

44Similarities between two or more things

45What figurative language is being used?The cave was so dark, it was like I had gone completely blind.

46He was as brave as a lion. What literary device is used in this sentence?

47What is the literal meaning? Her perfume hit my like a wave of garbage.

48How does Ivan feel about humans wasting their words?

49Choose the correct answer.I did not get enough sleep last night. I am as sleepy as a .....

50What figure of speech is used in the linesbelow?His bright eyes rolled, they never seemed to settle.And glittered like the flowers beneath a kettle:Geoffrey Chancer, The Canterbury Tales

51My love is like a red, red rose. The following sentence is an example of what type of literary technique?

52"Just like a moth drawn to a flame / Oh you lured me in I couldn't sense the pain" -"Stitches" by Shawn Mendes

53What sense is being engaged most in this example:the streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain

54Give an example of figurative language used in a story.

55Identify the Simile below ..... (Hint: uses like or as)

56TOPIC: FIGURATIVE SPEECHWhat two things are being compared in this sentence? John is as angry as a lion.

57The piano recital was about as entertaining as a melting icicle. According to the simile in this sentence the piano recital

58"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire", James Madison wrote.

59Identify this figure of speech: 'This house is as clean as a whistle.'

60Despite James and John being identical twins, their characters were as different as apples and .....

61The line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" uses which literary device?