I could grow very still
Like an old stone on a hill
Which technique is being used?
What is a simile?
100
They have watered the street, / It shines in the glare of lamps, / Cold, white lamps,
And lies / Like a slow-moving river
What technique is being used? simile
100
That is just the way the cookie crumbles.
What is "that's just the way it is?"
100
Janet gushed over the sculpture in the antique shop, but Kevin thought that the craftsmanship was merely run of the mill.
a. He thinks that it is of exceptionally high quality.
b. He thinks that it is marked by creativity or originality.
c. He thinks that it is too expensive for the average person too afford.
d. He thinks that it is low quality, common or ordinary.
What is d. He thinks that it is low quality, common or ordinary.
100
The atmosphere is not a perfume, it has no taste of the / distillation, it is odorless,
It is for my mouth forever, I am in love with it,
What technique is being used? hyperbole
200
Hopeless, there stand the purple jars / Of night to spill oblivion.
What technique is being used? metaphor
200
The earth is the cup of the sun, / That filleth at morning
What technique is being used? metaphor
200
I guess that my friends were just pulling my leg.
What technique is being used? idiom / metaphor
200
2. After Michael missed three shots in a row and passed the ball to a player on the other team, the boys were only up by two and they suspected that Michael would be the Achilles' heel of the team.
a. Michael performs well under pressure.
b. Michael is a valuable contributor to the team.
c. Michael is a weakness in an otherwise strong entity.
d. Michael inspires others to succeed.
What is c. Michael is a weakness in an otherwise strong entity.
200
And now May, too, is fled, / The flower-crowned month, the merry laughing May,
With rosy feet and fingers dewy wet,
What technique is being used? personification
300
A trumpet-vine covered an arbour / With the red and gold of its blossoms.
Red and gold like the brass notes of trumpets.
What technique is being used? simlie
300
After getting my report card / I knew it was time to hit the books.
What technique is being used? idiom / hyperbole
300
A slip of the tongue.
What is "I said something I didn't mean to say?"
300
Since Michael has performed poorly and the boys are still in the lead, a good reader might be able to infer that an Achilles' heel is a weakness in an otherwise strong entity.
3. Lyle chose Marco for his partner, thinking that it would be fun to work with his best friend, but now that the project was due tomorrow and the boys had nothing done, Lyle realized that he should have hitched his horse to a different wagon.
a. Lyle wishes he had chosen a different partner.
b. Lyle accepts responsibility for his part in their failure.
c. Lyle understands this project will require hard work.
d. Lyle believes that the best course of action is to tell the truth.
What is a. Lyle wishes he had chosen a different partner.
300
Over the yawning chimney hangs the fog.
What technique is being used? personification
400
Your beauty was a web of frail delight.
Which technique is being used?
What is a Metaphor
400
7. The river, curling softly by, / Whispers and dimples round its quiet gray stones.
What technique is being used? personification
400
You took the words right out of my mouth.
What is "you said exactly what I was going to say?"
400
5. Vince knew that if he wanted to get into college, he'd have to keep his nose to the grindstone all senior year.
a. Vince would have to apply for college.
b. Vince would have to work hard for a whole year.
c. Vince would have to wait patiently for an opportunity.
d. Vince would have to stay out of trouble for a whole year.
What is b. Vince would have to work hard for a whole year.
400
The smallest sprout shows that there is really no death.
What technique is being used? hyperbole/alliteration
500
My heart is but a haughty snail!
Which technique is being used?
What is a metaphor?
500
His sandpaper voice scared me.
What is his voice and sandpaper?
500
I had to pay through the nose.
What is "it was really expensive?"
500
8. Ever since country western super group The Mountain Boys started wearing stovepipe hats, those hats have been selling like hotcakes.
a. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling quickly.
b. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling slowly.
c. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling at an average pace.
d. This means that stovepipe hats have not been selling at all.
What is a. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling quickly.
500
Explain what this means: The baby was a clinging vine when his parents left him at the babysitter's house.