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Similes and metaphors are figures of speech that are used to show extent or comparisons. These words can be used interchangeable and are used by writers to help the reader form a mental image of what is being said. How good are...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 20240 | Last updated: Nov 21, 2019
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Sample QuestionThe baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelves.
The main difference between a simile and a metaphor is that a simile uses the words "like" or "as" to draw a comparison and a metaphor simply states the comparison without using either of the two words. Do you...
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Sample QuestionWhich is it? A simile, metaphor or something else?The pool was a boiling cauldron on that hot summer day.
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Sample QuestionThe baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelves.
Choose which answer is a metaphor.
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Sample QuestionChoose which one is a metaphor.
A metaphor is an implied simile. It says that the two things are one and the same. A simile, on the other hand, says that one thing is like another. This quiz has been developed to identify the correct metaphor and simile. There...
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Sample QuestionHow many stanzas does the poem Metaphor have?
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What type of figurative language is this? The fluorescent light was the sun during the test.
The fluorescent light was the sun during the test is an example of a metaphor. A metaphor is used to state that one thing is another thing, so the light was the sun. Metaphors are used many times in poetry; however, they are also used in literature,
What is it? The giants steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
This is a metaphor. Anyone's steps cannot BE thunder, they can sound like thunder or they can represent thunder to the frightened listener. A metaphor is a figure of speech where a word or phrase is attached to an object or action to which it can't b
What is an example of a simile?
An example of a simile: The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelves.
Which is it? A simile, metaphor or something else? The pool was a boiling cauldron on that hot summer day.
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It is a metaphor.
A test to see whether you can tell the difference between simile, metaphor and personification.
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Sample Question“Jimmy Smith was moving through the room like an enormous trained mole collecting the empty cans.” - Suttree by Cormac McCarthy.
These quiz is going to be reviewing for the English reading SOL
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Sample QuestionMy dog is running like a turtle.
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Writers use allegory to add different layers of meanings to their works. Allegory makers their stories and characters multidimensional, so that tey stand for something larger in meaning than what they literally stand for....
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Sample QuestionWhat do you think it means to read "allegorically"?
Allegory was first attested in English in 1382.Allegory of fortune representing Fortuna and the horn of plenty was done by salvator Rosa in the middle high age. Many allergories use personifications of abstract concepts....
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Sample QuestionWhich form has allegory occurs mostly?
Allegory is a literary device that makes a relevant part of literature, and this has been proved through the usage of it over the years by artists and literary experts. The form which it takes to present itself makes it one of...
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Sample QuestionWhich of the literature works could be best described as an Allegory?
Over the years, differed modes of expression have been developed for better channeling and understanding of messages or subject matter. One of these modes is an allegory, and it entails the use of events, places, and happenings...
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Sample QuestionWhat poetic allegory meaning could be attributed the sentence "climb up the narrow winding stair to bed"?
An allegory is a literary device in which a place, character or event is used to pass across a broad and wide message which are mostly about the real world issues and problems. The most interesting part of this literary device...
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following best describes the biblical allegory man with one talent?
An allegory is a metaphor in which a character place or event is used to deliver a broader message about a real-world issues and occurrences. Allegory can readily illustrate or convey complex ideas and. Concepts in ways that are...
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Sample QuestionWhere does the word'allegory' comes from?
Allegory is a metaphor through which something particular is used to deliver a wider and broader message which often is about the real world issues and challenges. It's been widely used in history throughout all works of art...
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Sample QuestionAllegory doesn't make use of which of the following?
Test your ability to identify 4 kinds of literary devices.
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Sample QuestionShe was as sweet as sugar. This is an example of a metaphor.
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Sample QuestionKelly's high-pitched laugh was like a hyena's cackle.
This quiz will evaluate students understanding of metaphors
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Sample QuestionWhat is a metaphor?
In
a broader sense of the word, analogy means any similarity between things that
are otherwise unlike. As artists, we are
interested in analogical thinking because it is an effective tool for
stimulating the imagination....
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Sample QuestionAnalogy
Directions: Write whether the phrase is a metonymy or a metaphor.***A metonymy is often confused with a metaphor.
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Sample QuestionHe writes a fine hand.
