5. What metaphor is used to describe Billie Jo's hands?

C. "Her hands were two betrayers", B. "Her hands were like twigs"

9. Which passage shows indirect characterization of Daddy?

B. "He worked from sunrise to sunset, refusing to give up"

7. What example of personification describes the piano?

C. "The piano wept beneath her fingers"

1. Which example from the text demonstrates personification?

B. "The dust crawls through the cracks, tasting us"

4. Which example demonstrates repetition in the text?

A. "The dust, the dust, the dust - it never ends"

3. Which passage shows indirect characterization of Ma?

C. "Ma played the piano until her fingers bled"

10. What metaphor describes the dust storms?

C. "The dust was a monster devouring our land"

6. Which phrase shows a simile describing the drought?

B. "The land was dying like a sick animal"

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Literary Devices Quiz: Out of the Dust (Pages 95-161)

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2. In the phrase "wind whistling wildly," what literary device is demonstrated?
A. Metaphor
B. Alliteration
D. Simile
C. Personification
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5. What metaphor is used to describe Billie Jo's hands?
A. "Her hands were red"
C. "Her hands were two betrayers"
B. "Her hands were like twigs"
D. "Her hands were rough"
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9. Which passage shows indirect characterization of Daddy?
A. "He was a tall man"
D. "He wore overalls"
C. "He had rough hands"
B. "He worked from sunrise to sunset, refusing to give up"
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7. What example of personification describes the piano?
D. "The piano was old"
C. "The piano wept beneath her fingers"
B. "The piano sat in the corner"
A. "The piano was brown"
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1. Which example from the text demonstrates personification?
C. "Her voice was as soft as cotton"
D. "The clouds gathered like an army"
A. "The wind pounds my heart like a hammer"
B. "The dust crawls through the cracks, tasting us"
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4. Which example demonstrates repetition in the text?
A. "The dust, the dust, the dust - it never ends"
D. "People walked down the street"
C. "The wind blew strongly"
B. "Clouds moved across the sky"
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3. Which passage shows indirect characterization of Ma?
A. "Ma was tall and thin"
C. "Ma played the piano until her fingers bled"
B. "Ma had brown hair"
D. "Ma was a good cook"
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10. What metaphor describes the dust storms?
B. "The dust was everywhere"
A. "The dust was brown"
C. "The dust was a monster devouring our land"
D. "The dust covered the fields"
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8. In the phrase "dust danced dangerously," what literary device is used?
A. Simile
D. Repetition
C. Alliteration
B. Metaphor
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6. Which phrase shows a simile describing the drought?
D. "The crops were dead"
B. "The land was dying like a sick animal"
C. "Dust covered everything"
A. "The earth was cracking"

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