Secret Life Of Bees; Figurative Language
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This was made for an english final. It's about the book The Secret Life of Bees.
Questions and Answers
- 1.In the Secret Life of Bees, August often talks about the bees as if they are humans, saying at one point: "She's giving you a little warning. When they bump your forehead, they're saying, I've got my eye on you, so you be careful."This is an example of,
- A.
Simle
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Ontomatapoeia
- D.
Personification
- 2.While Lily is surrounded by the bees, she describes herself in a very odd way, saying, "I was the stamen in the middle of a twirling flower". This is an example of,
- A.
Simile
- B.
Personification
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Consonance
- 3.In the passage on pages 161 and 162 of The Secret Life of Bees, Lily is writing a letter to her father. In the passage, the words, death, deaf, day, daddy, dictionary, delightful, determined, despicable, and disappointment. These words are an example of...
- A.
Imagery
- B.
Onomatapoeia
- C.
Consonance
- D.
Assonance
- 4.Find and quote one instance where a character is described using indirect characterization.
- 5.Find and quote one instance where a character is described using direct characterization.
- 6.Find and quote one instance of a hyperbole.
- 7."...bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin."zzzzzz is an example of _______________?
- 8.Mary, mother's, seemed, mother, molded, me, ___________...Using Consonance, what would be another acceptable word to add?
- 9.Open, outside, over, our, door, ____________.... Using Assonance, what would be another acceptable word to add?
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