2024 English 11 FINAL EXAM (Q4)

The wind howled in the night.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

My dad knows everything about cars.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

The ice sculptor’s hands fluttered like hummingbird wings.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

The candle flame danced in the dark.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Pam was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification

Select the text where the author's tone is positive:

• The movie was amazing! I was laughing so hard I cried!

• You can only watch infantile humor for so long before you want to punch yourself in the face.

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• point of view

• the perspective from which an author tells his/her story or presents information 

• connotation

• the dictionary definition of a word

• denotation

• sentence structure

• syntax

• the associated, secondary meaning of a word

• diction

• word choice