Knowledge of Language

Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

• Boom!

• No!

• Yes!

• Go!

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• idiom

The rain ran down the road. 

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

The idiom, "Its raining cats and dogs" means..

• Its actually raining cats and dogs outside

• It is raining 

• Its raining really hard outside

• The weather is perfect

An idiom is  

• a phrase that doesn't have a literal or predictive meaning 

• a phrase that is supposed to be taken literally

• when an idiot takes this test

• a phrase that has several meanings

This is an example of.. 

• a pun on words

• an idiom

• a hyperbole

• a metaphor

Which of the following sentences uses correct subject-verb agreement?

• The team are winning the match.

• The team is winning the match.

• The team were winning the match.

• The team has winning the match.

Identify the sentence that uses passive voice.

• The cat chased the mouse.

• The mouse was chased by the cat.

• The cat is chasing the mouse.

• The mouse chases the cat.