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Which of the following is a simile?
a) I like ice cream.
b) I am as cold as ice.
c) You look like my brother.
d) You are a pig!

Which of the following is a metaphor?
a) It looks like a dump.
b) My desk is so messy!
c) Your cubby is a disaster area.
d) He's cute as a button.

Tina takes two tacos each Tuesday. This sentence is an example of...
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) personification
d) onomatopoeia

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
a) boom
b) buzz
c) loud
d) whoosh

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around... That's what it's all about! This is an example of..
a) rhyme
b) stanza
c) verse
d) refrain

The sun smiled down on me. This is an example of...
a) personification
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) onomatopoeia

The turning point in a plot is called the...
a) conflict
b) resolution
c) exposition
d) climax

The setting is usually described in the...
a) exposition (beginning)
b) climax
c) falling action
d) resolution (denoument)

When the narrator uses the pronouns I and me, the point of view is...
a) first person
b) second person
c) third person
d) third person omniscient

The purpose of a narrative with character dialogue is MOST likely to...
a) persuade
b) inform
c) describe
d) entertain

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