ELA8 Unit: 5 End of Unit Test

giving human or life-like qualities to an object

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

giving meaning to something when it also stands for or represents something else

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

the author’s use of language to appeal to the reader’s five senses

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

comparing two unlike objects

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

comparing two objects using the words "like" or "as"

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

This type of ending to a short story resolves the main conflict, but the storyline remains open, creating potential for another storyline to continue.

• closed ending

• open ending

• twist ending

• tragic ending

In the poem “Words are Birds,” the title of the poem is an example of

• onomatopoeia

• a metaphor

• a flashback

• hyperbole

This type of ending to a short story is the most surprising for readers, as they are led to believe the story will end a certain way.

• closed ending

• open ending

• twist ending

• tragic ending

Read the lines from “Words are Birds.”

some words

are familiar

like canaries

What literary device is used in the lines above?

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

In “Words are Birds,” canaries are described as “familiar” and quetzals as “exotic.” Exotic MOST LIKELY means

• dangerous

• unusual

• colorful

• ancient