Final Exam. ELL 2024

What is figurative language?

• Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
• Figurative language is language that uses words with a literal interpretation.
• Figurative language is language that uses expressions with a literal meaning.
• Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is the same as the literal interpretation.

What is a metaphor?

• A metaphor is a type of dance.
• A metaphor is a type of car.
• A metaphor is a type of fruit.
• A metaphor is a figure of speech.

How simile is different from a metaphor?

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare three things, while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another.
• A simile uses 'such as' to compare two things, while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another.
• A simile uses 'similar to' to compare two things, while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another.
• A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while a metaphor directly states that one thing is another.

What type of figurative language is the following sentence: " The test was a piece of cake"?

• Idiom

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• Simile

Idiom is ___________________________.

• a type of insect
• a mathematical equation
• a type of food
• a phrase or expression with a figurative meaning

"Big cheese" means _______________________.

• A type of cheese
• A small piece of cheese
• An important or powerful person

• A cheese lover

Vignette is _________________________

• a type of flower
• a long novel
• a mathematical equation
• a short descriptive passage

The author of the book "House on Mango Street" is __________________.

• Julia Alvarez
• Isabel Allende
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Sandra Cisneros

The main character of the book "House on Mango Street" is _______________________.

• Isabel Cordero
• Esperanza

• Cathy

• Maria Cordero

Esperanza is from a __________ family.

• rich

• poor

• influential

• popular