Figurative Language Quiz Review

Figurative Language Quiz Review

Open Ended

In your own words--what is tone?

Tone

• Tone

  The author's attitude toward the subject.

• Tone is determined by description and dialogue.

Open Ended

In your own words--what is mood?

Mood

• Mood-The overall feeling the reader gets when they read a piece of literature.

• Mood includes the choice of setting, objects, details, images, and words.

• Mood is determined by setting or atmosphere.

Multiple Choice

Paige felt someone shaking her shoulder.  "What?!" she barked, refusing to open her eyes or move.  "I know it's Spring Break, but you can't sleep the whole morning away.  It's already 9 o'clock.  Come out to the kitchen and eat your breakfast after you get dressed," Mom instructed.  A few minutes later, when Paige entered the kitchen, she still looked like a walking zombie.  She opened the cupboard door that held the cereal, and scanned the shelf. "What happened the the Lucky Charms?" she roared.  "Your brother just finished them up this morning," Mom answered.  Paige slamemd the door shut.  "I'm not eating then!"
Which of the following best reflects the MOOD of this passage?

• cranky
• somber
• scared
• hopeful

Multiple Choice

Corey looked out the window and sighed.  This was the third weekend in a row that the weather forecaster had predicted rain, and it looked like he was correct in his prediction.  It was raining cats and dogs outside his window.  Corey was okay with rainy days happening during the week, when he was juist sitting in a classroom anyway.  In his opinion, though, a rainy Saturday was a waste of a perfectly-good weekend day.  "There;s no way that we are going to have our soccer game this morning," Corey told his mom.  Just then, hos mom's cell phone buzzed, indicating a message had been received.  She glanced at her phone and frowned.  "Yep, no soccer game again this week." 
Which of the following best reflects the MOOD of this passage?

• energetic
• gloomy
• nervous
• relaxed

Multiple Choice

What is the "mood" of  a story?

• Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
• The time and place of the story.
• The summary of events of the story.
• The lesson the reader learns from the story.

Open Ended

What is onomatopoeia?

Open Ended

List at THREE examples of an onomatopoeia and use just ONE example in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence.

The car _____________ out of the parking lot.

• sped

• drove

• backed

• zoomed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are examples of onomatopoeia?

• salty, sweet, sour

• meow, baa, ribbit

• orange, pink, silver.

• loud, soft, deafening.

Multiple Choice

Onomatopoeia is

• using the same sound to start several words.

• using words to mimic sounds.

• repeating a word or phrase.

• exaggerating for effect.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak
• Mrs. Davis
• frogs
• pond

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet.

• brother

• alphabet

• Kristen

• burp

Multiple Choice

What word is the Onomatopoeia in this sentence?

The girl screamed: “Eek!” as she thought she saw a monster in her closet.

• monster

• eek

• girl screamed

Multiple Choice

What word is the Onomatopoeia in this sentence?

There was a loud vroom as he revved the engine.

• revved

• vroom

• loud

Multiple Choice

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word
• A descriptive word
• A sound word
• A statement

Multiple Choice

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Bitter
• Respectful
• Objective
• Humorous

Multiple Choice

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

• Humorous
• Persuasive
• Anxious
• Cheerful

Multiple Choice

Read the passage and answer the question:
“There were always children there, and I spent all my time with the children, only with the children. They were the children of the village where I lived, a whole gang of them who went to the local school. I was simply with them mostly, and I spent all my four years like that. I did not want anything else.”   --Dostoyevsky, The Idiot 
Which word best describes the tone?

• Concerned
• Reflective
• Reverent
• Remorseful

Multiple Choice

What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted.  "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!" 

• pleased
• suspicious 
• happy
• angry