WorksheetsImaginative Comparison
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An expression in which a part stands for the whole is known as a
a)
simile
b)
synecdoche
c)
metonymy
d)
personification
2.
An allegory is a complex form of
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
extended metaphor
d)
metonymy
3.
An extended metaphor in which the characters, incidents, and situations have a meaning beyond the literal level of the narrative is called a/an
a)
symbol
b)
allegory
c)
analogy
d)
metonymy
4.
In "What Stumped the Bluejays," what does Mark Twain use most often to create humor?
a)
simile
b)
extended metaphor
c)
synecdoche
d)
personification
5.
Literature that directly addresses an object, abstraction, or absent person illustrates
a)
personification
b)
paradox
c)
apostrophe
d)
metonymy
6.
In the statement "The red squirrel chirred," the word chirred is an example of
a)
personification
b)
metonymy
c)
synecdoche
d)
onomatopoeia
7.
an expression in which a related thing stands for the things itself
a)
metonymy
b)
personification
c)
synecdoche
d)
theme
8.
when a speaker or writer directly addresses an absent person, abstraction, or inanimate object
a)
apostrophe
b)
cacophony
c)
conceit
d)
euphony
9.
the use of words whose sounds are pleasant and musical to the ear
a)
apostrophe
b)
cacophony
c)
conceit
d)
euphony
10.
giving human characteristics to something that is not human
a)
metonymy
b)
personification
c)
synecdoche
d)
theme
11.
an artful deviation from literal speech or normal word order
a)
figurative language
b)
imagery
c)
metonymy
d)
personification
12.
a type of comparison that shows strong similarities between two seemingly dissimilar things
a)
apostrophe
b)
cacophony
c)
conceit
d)
euphony
13.
the use of words that are harsh or dissonant in sound
a)
apostrophe
b)
cacophony
c)
conceit
d)
euphony
14.
an emerging idea in a work of literature
a)
metonymy
b)
personification
c)
synecdoche
d)
theme
15.
using part of something to stand for the whole
a)
metonymy
b)
personification
c)
synecdoche
d)
theme
16.
descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions in order to create an impression
a)
figurative language
b)
imagery
c)
metonymy
d)
personification
17.
The main imaginative comparison of "Mother to Son" illustrates which of the following terms?
a)
extended metaphor
b)
allegory
c)
synecdoche
d)
conceit
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