Form 12: City and Urban Life Personification and Metaphors
Focus on how metaphors and personification describe city settings and urban activities. Students practice identifying figurative language applied to buildings, streets, and city movement.
Questions
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The city never sleeps.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The subway was a giant metal worm underground.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'Skyscrapers stood like towering giants.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'Traffic crawled along like a line of ants.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The streetlights watched over the quiet avenue.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The city was a concrete jungle.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'Sirens wailed in the distance.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The train roared past like a charging bull.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The highway was a ribbon of bright lights.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The old building stood tall and proud.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The market was as loud as a stadium.'
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MultiChoice
Identify the figurative language used: 'The bridge reached across the wide river.'