Free points free pointsQuestion 1(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points) (LC)

Which figure of speech does Thoreau use to show how loud the bird was in the sentence: "The cockerels crow on the trees, clear and piercing for miles over the resounding earth! It would put nations on the alert."?

Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(MC)

What is the effect of the figurative language in the following quote from 12-year old Severn Suzuki in a speech to The Environmental Children's Organization?

"I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil."

It describes the things that humans do to harm the Earth.
It shows how people, animals, and the earth are all connected.
It shows exactly how many different species are living on Earth.
It creates an image of a family with a child who loves nature.
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(MC)

Read the following sentence: A camper's fire burned the forest.

Which of the following revised sentences uses figurative language to paint a more vivid picture?

A careless camper's fire destroyed the forest.
The group of campers left their fire unattended.
Like a starving beast, the fire consumed the forest.
The camper's fire was like the dangerous fire of 2013.
Question 4(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(LC)

Which figure of speech does Henry David Thoreau use in the following example: "I grew in those seasons like corn in the night..."?

Personification
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(LC)

In the following lines, the author compares a bobolink to a to describe the liveliness of the bird's song.

"After the arrival of the thrushes (a type of bird) came the bobolinks (a type of bird), gushing, gurgling, inexhaustible fountains of song, pouring forth floods of sweet notes over the meadows."

Fountain
Song
Flood
Meadow
Question 6 (Matching Worth 10 points)
(HC)

Match each example of figurative language with its interpretation.

Match Term Definition
“He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.” A) The passage of prose contains a metaphor that shows how we are all connected.
“As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche.” B) These lines give human abilities such as singing and language to nature.
“I'm only a child yet I know we are all part of a family, five billion strong, in fact, 30 million species strong and we all share the same air, water and soil.” C) These lines use a simile to show the power of nature.
“I have seen flocks streaming south in the fall so large that they were flowing over from horizon to horizon in an almost continuous stream all day long.” D) These lines contain a hyperbole that creates a vivid image.
“O if we but knew what we do When we delve or hew—Hack and rack the growing green!” E) These lines contain alliteration, which creates rhythm.
Question 7(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(HC)

What is the effect of the personification in the following lines written by John Muir?

"As long as I live, I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can."

It communicates appreciation and love of nature.
It shows how much the author knows about nature.
It inspires fear of the power of the natural world.
It shows how determined the author is to protect nature.
Question 8 (Matching Worth 5 points)
(LC)

Match each figure of speech with its definition.

Match Term Definition
Simile A) A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis
Metaphor B) A comparison of two unlike things that uses "like" or "as"
Personification C) Nonliving or nonhuman things are given human characteristics or abilities
Hyperbole D) Repetition of an initial consonant sound to create rhythm
Alliteration E) A comparison of two unlike things that does not use comparison words
Question 9(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
(HC)

In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem, The Concord Hymn, he describes the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In these two lines, what figure of speech does he use?

“Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.”

personification
hyperbole
simile
alliteration