ELA Figurative Language 3

Question 1

What is the key difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare; a metaphor makes a direct comparison

Answer

A simile uses 'like' or 'as' ('brave as a lion'), while a metaphor states directly that one thing is another ('he is a lion').

Question 2

"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of which figurative language device?

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Answer

This is a metaphor because it directly equates the classroom with a zoo, implying chaos, without using 'like' or 'as.'

Question 3

An extended metaphor is one that:

Accepted Answer

Continues and develops throughout several lines, a stanza, or an entire text

Answer

An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is sustained and developed over a longer section of text, allowing the comparison to be explored in depth.

Question 4

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" — the opening of Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities — is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Antithesis

Answer

Antithesis places contrasting ideas side by side in parallel grammatical structure; 'best of times' and 'worst of times' are direct opposites presented in the same form.

Question 5

Which of the following sentences is the best example of personification?

Accepted Answer

The ocean swallowed the ship whole.

Answer

Personification gives human traits or actions to non-human things; 'the ocean swallowed' treats the ocean as if it can perform a human action.

(ELA) English Language Arts Practice Test

(ELA) English Language Arts Practice Test

ELA Figurative Language 3