English Review

Sentence Type & Literary Element Review

Multiple Choice

I really need to go to work, but I am too sick to drive.

This is an example of what type of sentence?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Multiple Choice

Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

This above is an example of what type of sentence?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Multiple Choice

Though Zoey prefers watching romantic films, she rented the latest spy thriller, and she enjoyed it very much.

The above is an example of what type of sentence?

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• compound-complex sentence

Multiple Choice

_____________________ is when an author indirectly hints at, through things such as dialogue, description, or characters’ actions, what’s to come later on in the story.

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

Foreshadowing: little clues the author leaves behind to hint at what is to come later in the story.

Multiple Choice

________________ is an exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally by the reader. It is often used for comedic effect and/or emphasis.

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Analogy

• Tone

Hyperbole: An expression that exaggerates something as greatly magnified or diminished beyond the strict line of truth.

Multiple Choice

When stepping out into a hurricane, he says, “What nice weather we’re having!” This is an example of _______________.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• allegory

• irony

Irony is a form of figurative language where words or actions are used to imply the opposite of its literal meaning.

Multiple Choice

________ is when an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text. For example, "You're acting like such a Scrooge!"

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Alliteration

• Analogy

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Multiple Choice

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of what literary device?

• allegory

• repetition

• alliteration

• personification

Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Multiple Choice

Like George Orwell's Animal Farm, a story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events is an ____________.

• imagery

• allusion

• analogy

• allegory

An allegory represents a more general message.

Multiple Choice

______ is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience, while ______ evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

• Mood, tone

• Tone, mood

• Allegory, allusion

• Allusion, allegory

Author's attitude vs. Reader's feelings

Multiple Choice

_________ aims at explaining a thing or idea by comparing it to something that is familiar.

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Analogy

An analogy makes a comparison between two different things, or the relationship between them.

A gerund is a verb that ends with -ing, but functions as a noun.

Comma splice is an incorrect use of a comma to connect two independent clauses.

A preposition sits in front of (is “pre-positioned” before) its object.

A modifier gives information about another word in the same sentence.