Match the term with the definition.

1.

metaphor

2.

alliteration

3.

simile

4.

hyperbole

5.

repetition

6.

rhyme

7.

personification

8.

onomatopoeia

9.

imagery

10.

understatement

A. comparison of two or more things

using like or as
B. when a poet repeats a word or words
to emphasize
C. expression with less strength than
expected
D. when two words share the same final
sound
E. when a words pronunciation imitates
its sound
F. giving human traits or characteristics
to an object or idea
G. exaggeration
H. writing that uses the five senses to
create pictures
I. comparison of two or more things
not using like or as
J. repeating the same starting sounds of
words.

Please choose the correct literary device or figurative speech.

1.
Get it? Got it. Good! This is an example of:
a. Hyperbole
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Assonance
2.

I'm so thirsty, I could drink an ocean! What is this an example of?

a. simile
b. hyperbole
c. imagery
d. acrostic

3.

You are a beautiful rose in a garden of thorns. What is this an example of?
a. Alliteration
b. Assonance
c. Metaphor
d. Simile

4.

What is a set of mental images of pictures within poetry?

a. hyperbole
b. repetition
c. imagery
d. simile

5.

Sim lives in a mint colored house in Kentucky. This is an example of:

a. simile
b. metaphor
c. assonance

d. onomatopoeia
6.
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.
Snow had wrapped a white blanket over the city.
a. Alliteration
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Metaphor
7.
Determine the type of figurative language being used:
He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Hyperbole
d. Onomatopoeia
8.
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below.
He's as hairy as a gorilla.
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. onomatopoeia
d. alliteration
9.

Which line of the poem contains an example of assonance?

Really ripe red

On a vine
So special
Everyday bright like
a. Really ripe red
b. On a vine
c. So special
d. Everyday bright like
10.

Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an idiom?

a. A dog ran after a rabbit.
b. Those cards are a dime a dozen.
c. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
d. It's raining cats and dogs out there.

Read the following passages and determine the narrative perspective, then explain how you were able to
identify the point of view- if the passage is third person, explain which characters thoughts are revealed.
Narrative Perspective (point of view): first-person, second-person, third-person objective, third-person
limited, third-person omniscient
1. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul
saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist
around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together,
or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one.

Narrative Perspective:
How do you know?
If it is third-person, which characters thoughts are revealed?
2. Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes
And we scrounged. Next to survival, scrounge was probably the most important word in our new vocabulary.
We found a store that was throwing out water-damaged mattresses. Getting them home was a problem, since we
had to make two trips, leaving Brad and Katie, armed with sticks to guard over the remained. I truly expected
them to be challenged by some gang boss, but they said that the only person who came by was a scrawny little
rat of a girl living alone. We let her have one of the mattresses.
Narrative Perspective:
How do you know?
If it is third-person, which characters thoughts are revealed?
3. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there,
as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon
time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about
running away.
Narrative Perspective:
How do you know?
If it is third-person, which characters thoughts are revealed?