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Unit One Playing with Words - Poetry Test
1.) Which of the following is a simile?
a. His brain was soup
b. My skin crawled
c. Her hair was as black as a ravens
2.) Which of the following is a metaphor?
a. Her face is a beautiful rose
b. Break a leg
c. She is as shy as a mouse
3.) Which of the following is an idiom?
a. That’s a horse of a different color
b. His voice stood out among the crowd
c. He is a monkey gone wild
4.) Which of the following is an adage?
a. Sally sold sea shells
b. All’s well that ends well
c. Gigantic, purple monster eyes
5.) Which of the following is a proverb?
a. Blood is thicker than water
b. He is right as rain
c. Peter Piper picked peppers
6.) Explain the meaning of the underlined idiom.
I will go to the movies with you when pigs fly.
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7.) Interpret the meaning of the following simile:
Mandy is mean as a snake especially when she is angry at you.
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8.) Interpret the meaning of the following metaphor:
He tripped over the television and ran into a table. Mom says he is a bull in a china closet.
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9.) Explain the meaning of the proverb.
“A bird in the hand, is worth two in the bush”
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10.) Explain the following Adage.
“Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”
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11.) What is the theme of a poem?
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12.) What does summarize mean?
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13.) What is the meaning of the underlined phrase?
But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
And Blake, the much despised, tore the cover off the ball;
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14.) What is the meaning of the underlined phrase?
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around
To the bell's cheerful sound,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around
To the bell's cheerful sound,
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15.) What is the meaning of the underlined phrase?
The sun does arise,
And make happy the skies;
And make happy the skies;
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