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This set of warm-up questions focuses on literary devices such as simile, metaphor, personification, and figurative speech like hyperbole and alliteration. Test your understanding of these concepts and expand your knowledge of language and literature.
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Warm Ups Set 3Due Mon, March 14th *You MUST write the ENTIRE question, sentence, & ALL answer choices. *Circle the answer you think is correct. *You are responsible for filling in all of them, even if you are absent one day.
Monday • What literary device is used in the sentence below? • The angry man was a raging bull! • A. simile • B. metaphor • C. dialogue • D. description
Tuesday • In one complete sentence write the first thing that comes to mind when you think of poems and poetry.
Wednesday • What does the word gargantuan mean? • My mother handed me a gargantuan bottle of water instead of a normal one. • A. tiny • B. refreshing • C. huge • D. cold
Thursday • Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia? • A. splat • B. ouch • C. plop • D. hiss
Monday • In one or two complete sentences describe your home using personification.
Tuesday • Choose the word that best completes the following sentence. • After a frantic hour, firefighters found the _________________ of the smoke. • A. odor • B. solution • C. source • D. sign
Wednesday • The following sentence contains an example of which type of figurative speech? - The boy in the bubble and the baby with the baboon heart… • A. idiom • B. hyperbole • C. assonance • D. alliteration
Thursday • Choose the word that best completes the following sentence. • His tears __________ that he was very sad about the problem. • A. verbalized • B. gestured • C. dialogued • D. revealed