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SimileSet 9

1Read the following sentence: Graham woke up this morning to find a white blanket of snow over his street.Which of the following best explains what the sentence means?

2What is the most likely reason the author uses the phrase "whirling like a broken robot" in paragraph 14?

3Comparison using like or as (Ex: Her eyes flashed like lightning)

4Croaking frogs sounded as large as a marching band.

5I feel like I am turning into a whale, gaining weight steadily each week.

6Identify the figurative language: Lennie drank with long gulps, snorting the water like a horse

7Analogy as a literary technique compares two (1) ..... objects in terms of their (2) ..... qualities.

8GRAMMAR SECTIONChoose the alternative which best expresses FIGURES OF SPEECH.Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders.

9The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

10Please select the best answer to the question. Please shade the correct response on the scan tron. Each question is worth one mark each for a total of fifty marks. A comparison between two unlike things which uses the words "like or as"

11To Arthur, the heavy snowfall was like manna.

12Cause: Effect:: Fire: .....

13What's an analogy?

14"The box was as light as a feather."What type of figurative language is being used?

15Many organization charts look very similar-like a .....

16Identify the type of figurative language Being used, The shortstop was as quick as a cat to the ball.

17Literal or Figurative ..... When she sings, her voice is like velvet.

18Which of the following best defines "Simile"?

19Katy Perry comments about her boyfriend's behavior, complaining, "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes." This is an example of what literary device?

20I slept like a rock last night.

21Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: One mistake and your plan will fall apart like a house of cards.

22In "A Noiseless Patient Spider," the speaker is similar to the spider because he or she:

23"His head was smashed open, just like with a sledgehammer' Literary device-

24"Blind as a bat" is an example of .....

25Complete the simile:As proud as a .....

26Straw is to soda as ..... is to blood

27Towards the end of Hatchet, in chapter 18, the author writes, "The hatchet cut through the aluminum as if it were soft cheese." What literary device is used in this sentence?

28"Her smile was as bright as the morning sun." What figure of speech is used?

29Select the proper figurative language device to match the definition. comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

30Which literary device is illustrated in this passage "like pipes his nostrils jetted crimson runnels"?

31What does "The moon was a bright balloon in the sky" mean?

32What two words are being compared in the simile below?The library was as quiet as a graveyard.

33What literary device is being used? The snowbank looked like a giant mountain of marshmallows.

34The third graders are as wild as a den of lions. What element is in this sentence?

35What is the reason that an author uses Similes in writing?

36Jane can easily lift the box. It is as light as .....

37Identify the example that uses simile to describe an object.

38Name the poetic device used in this passage: "I wandered lonely as a cloud/ That floats on high o'er vales and hills ..... "

39The rain fell like silver threads from the sky. What literary device is used in this sentence?

40Ice is to solid as ..... is to liquid

41The following quote is an example of which literary device?:"Cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles"

42What type of figurative language is this sentence?The clouds are as white as cotton.

43What literary device is used in the line 'Her skin was smooth as butter'?