Figurative Language Imagery

“I heard the screeching of the door, and the sneaking of the shoes of my father as he arrived from work.” This sentence is an example of onomatopoeia. What words in the sentence that imitates the sound of the door?

• a. screeching

• b. sneaking

• c. working

• d. hearing

What is referred as the choice of words in a literary work to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values?

• a. specific experience

• b. figures of speech

• c. imagery

• d. diction

What is known as the concrete representation of an idea by using language that can evoke the five senses?

• a. specific experience

• b. figures of speech

• c. imagery

• d. diction

What technique in appreciating the literary work identifies the experience of the writer which the readers can relate?

• a. specific experience

• b. figures of speech

• c. choice of words

• d. imagery

"I already produced buckets of tears in praying for my brother.” What figure of speech is being used in this sentence?

• a. hyperbole

• b. paradox

• c. irony

• d. pun

What is known as the short literary piece that focuses on one scene giving description about the character, idea, or setting?

• a. flash fiction

• b. synopsis

• c. vignette

• d. précis

What is referred as the linguistic technique that produces special effect when reading a literary piece?

• a. rhetorical device

• b. literary device

• c. poetic device

• d. images

What kind of diction uses familiar and casual words in conversation in a relaxed from of language?

• a. colloquial

• b. informal

• c. formal

• d. slang

What is the figure of speech that uses the words “like, than or as” in comparing things having common qualities?

• a. personification

• b. synecdoche

• c. metaphor

• d. simile

What is the type of imagery that tickles the reader’s sense of touch?

• a. gustatory

• b. olfactory

• c. auditory

• d. tactile