English 5 Quiz 1.3 AUG 20 (Tues)

English 5 Quiz 1.3

Figures of Speech (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole)
Sound Devices (Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance)
Kinds of Verbs (Linking Verbs and Action Verbs)
Subject Verb Agreement (Singular noun + Singular Verb, Plural noun + Plural Verb)

compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

Simile

Multiple Choice

The frog's eyes sparkled like diamonds.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

Her stomach growled as loud as thunder.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

It's raining cats and dogs.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

There was a watermelon as big as a house.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

He tried to help but his legs were rubber.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

He is the Tiger Woods of his golf team.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

Her eyes were ice.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

You are as small as a grain of sand.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

I am hungry like a wolf.

• simile

• not a simile

Multiple Choice

It's raining cats and dogs.

• simile

• not a simile

compares two things by saying one thing is another thing

Metaphor

Multiple Choice

She has a heart of gold.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

As slow as a sloth.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Ryder is as fast as a cheetah.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Everett's heart is as cold as ice.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

He was an angel today.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Everett's heart is ice.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Xavi runs like the wind.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Bella sleeps like a baby.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Khloe is the wind in track.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Brennen was a fish at the swim meet.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Ruby can swim like a fish.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

You are my sunshine.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Annie is as busy as a bee.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Jordan chatters like a monkey.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

His voice is music to my ears.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following things is given human quality?

• garden

• plants

• tell

• water

Multiple Choice

Which of the words in the sentence is done only by humans?

• midnight

• moon

• resting

• sky

Multiple Choice

The trees ______________ as the wind blows. Which of these words will best complete the sentence?

• cry

• dance

• sing

• walk

Multiple Choice

The kettle in the kitchen ______________ as the water in it boils. Which of these words will correctly complete the sentence?

• dances

• dives

• flies

• shouts

Multiple Choice

Is this a personification?

Right now, the wind whispers to my ears.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this a personification?

The cat sleeps on the couch.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this a personification?

A colony of ants celebrated after gathering a pile of sweets.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this a personification?

Time runs so slow as I wait for it.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this a personification?

The girl thinks that his suggestion was a good idea.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Is this a personification?

The day greeted me with a smile on its face.

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

As I Approach the horse, it seemed larger than it was in the picture.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

Her brightly- colored dress hurt his eyes.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

I ate all my salad for lunch.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

I am so hungry I could eat a whole elephant.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

Larry was such a big baby that his parents had to use bed sheets for diapers.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

Her head was full of ideas that it was ready to pop wide open.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

The dog was so dirty that tomatoes grew on its back.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

The roof rose up and down to the rhythm of the loud music.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

The tears flowed like a river.

• Hyperbole

• None

Multiple Choice

Time is a thief.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

Time is like a thief.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Multiple Choice

“The heart wants what it wants—or else it does not care . . .” —Emily Dickinson.."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

“The city that never sleeps."

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Multiple Choice

“You are the apple of my eye"

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The snow is a white blanket covering the grass.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

The mouse squeaked as it ran across the room.

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

The silence crept into the classroom.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I have told you a million times not to lie!

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

Buzz! Buzz! said the honeybee.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

'The sun is a sparkling diamond,' is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

My brother is a boiling pot of madness.

• simile
• metaphor
• personifcation
• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What is assonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words
• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Multiple Choice

Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• why does Ms. Schleiden let her cat eat bananas?

Multiple Choice

I cried, why? Why my life?

• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• consonance
• imagery

Multiple Choice

"Quit biting that tarp!" I told the spitting cat.

• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• refrain

Multiple Choice

What is consonance?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words in the same line.

• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Multiple Choice

Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?

Multiple Choice

Onomatopoeia is...

• When words in a phrase have

  the same starting consonants.

• When words in a phrase have the same vowel sounds.

• When words in a phrase have the same ending consonants.

• A word associated with or used to represent a real sound.

Multiple Choice

sounds that imitate meanings
(pop, fizz, hiss)

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

repeated consonant sounds at the ends of words
On the top of the step he will tip his cap.

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

repeated vowel sounds
They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.

• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

They had gone too far off track.

• Linking Verb
• Action Verb

Multiple Choice

He ran faster than anybody I've ever seen.

• Linking Verb
• Action Verb

Multiple Choice

Those diaries remain as our nation's greatest treasure.

• Linking Verb
• Action Verb

Multiple Choice

We were going to the movies tonight.

• Linking Verb
• Action Verb

Multiple Choice

Hercules swam from one end of the Hellespont to the other.

• Action Verb
• Linking Verb

Multiple Choice

He tricked out his bike with every accessory he could find, which honestly made it look kind of tacky.

• Linking Verb
• Action Verb

Multiple Choice

Life is a box of chocolates, they say, with the occasional coconut flavor.

• Linking Verb
• Action Verb

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The cat __ on the mat.

• sits

• runs

• eats

• sleeps

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The dogs __ in the park.

• sleep

• play

• run

• eat

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The bird __ in the sky.

• swims

• runs

• jumps

• flies

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The flowers __ in the garden.

• die

• wither

• bloom

• grow

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The boy __ with his friends.

• runs

• eats

• sleeps

• plays

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The girls __ skipping rope.

• were

• have

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The car __ on the road.

• were

• are

• is

• was

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The apples __ on the tree.

• hang

• float

• fall

• grow

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The book __ on the shelf.

• is

• were

• was

• are

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence: The students __ in the classroom.

• were

• is

• have

• are