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WorksheetsUnit Test Review - Fig Lang, Poetry & Drama
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A long speech said by an actor, on stage, where other characters do hear is a ________.
a)
soliloquy
b)
monologue
c)
oration
d)
pep talk
2.
"I could grow very still like an old stone on a hill" is an example of a ________.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
3.
"This school is an asylum." This is a ___________.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
4.
"I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house." This is a/an _________.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
5.
An example of _________ is "The rope snapped in half, and the panic in the child's face was evident."
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
6.
What type of figurative language is shown below:
The toddler was a tornado of action in the nursery!
The toddler was a tornado of action in the nursery!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
personification
7.
What type of figurative language is used below:
The thunder boomed and the lightning crackled.
The thunder boomed and the lightning crackled.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
idiom
d)
metaphor
8.
What type of figurative language is shown below:
The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.
The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
9.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
d)
None of the above
10.
"The assignment was a breeze" is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
11.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Comparing two things in a text
b)
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
c)
An over exaggeration
d)
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
12.
What is personification?
a)
Giving human qualities to a human
b)
Giving non-living qualities to living things
c)
Comparing something to a nonliving thing.
d)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
13.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
Telling the truth
c)
a calm statement
d)
laying in bed when you should be outside
14.
What is an example of an alliteration?
a)
The vase flew off of the shelf.
b)
Powerful pandas punch parrots.
c)
The plant liked to fly.
d)
I like to eat pie.
15.
Onomatopoeia is...
a)
An exaggerated statement
b)
Using words to create a sounds for the reader
c)
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
d)
A statement you don' take literally
16.
"He was a car speeding through the streets" is an example of ________.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
17.
What is an idiom?
a)
The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.
b)
An exaggeration
c)
Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.
d)
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.
18.
"I am dying of shame" is an example of __________.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
19.
"Time flies by!" This type of figurative language used is _________.
a)
idiom
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
20.
What type of figurative language is this?
The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.
The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
21.
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
22.
"Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
This is an example of _______.
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain."
This is an example of _______.
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
alliteration
d)
imagery
23.
"The stars will cry" is an example of _______.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
24.
"At Leatherbee's, the banana split is so big you practically need a steam shovel to eat it." What a great example of _________.
a)
Simile
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Anaphora
25.
"The room buzzed with excitement as everyone waited for President Lincoln to arrive" is an example of ________.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Consonance
d)
Onomatopoeia
26.
An example of __________ is "Shivering under the covers, Julie grimaced in terror as the thunder hammered her window and jarred the ground."
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
27.
Moveable items, for use on the stage and used in a play, are called what?
a)
drama
b)
script
c)
scenes
d)
props
28.
Dialogue in a play is what?
a)
moveable props
b)
second language
c)
a conversation between two or more characters
d)
a person who writes plays
29.
A person who writes plays is the __________.
a)
Cast
b)
Director
c)
Script
d)
Playwright
30.
The main divisions of a play are the _______.
a)
Acts
b)
Scene
c)
Drama
d)
Script
31.
Smaller sections of the acts are the __________.
a)
Props
b)
Stage Directions
c)
Scenes
d)
Acts
32.
The instructions to the actors, director, and stage crew that might suggest how to say or do something or where to enter and exit stage are the ___________.
a)
Directors
b)
Stage Directions
c)
Scripts
d)
Playwrights
33.
Conversation between two or more characters is the __________.
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialect
c)
Conversation
d)
Dialogue
34.
A hint of what is to come in the action of a play is ___________.
a)
guessing
b)
acting
c)
foreshadowing
d)
fFlashbacking
35.
Which word means giving an inanimate object human characteristics?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Simile
36.
Which word means the use of extreme exaggeration?
a)
Symbol
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Understatement
d)
Simile
37.
Which word is a cultural saying that has a different literal and figurative meaning?
a)
idiom
b)
allusion
c)
alliteration
d)
apostrophe
38.
When an object or color represents something more than itself, it is an example of ______.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Symbolism
d)
Theme
39.
Sensory words that create a vivid picture are called ________.
a)
Imagery
b)
Alliteration
c)
Idioms
d)
Simile
40.
Which of these examples is personification?
a)
My sister eats like a horse.
b)
The old house stared with blind eyes.
c)
Laugh and we will laugh with you.
d)
She watched with birdlike movements.
41.
Which one is a metaphor?
a)
Your love is better than chocolate.
b)
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
c)
No man is an island.
d)
It's over 9000!
42.
Which example is alliteration?
a)
Green goldfish grow on grapes
b)
Cows wow brown sows.
c)
Mad as a cad hatter.
d)
Struts and frets with little bits.
43.
What is a pattern of rhyming called in a poem?
a)
rhyme plan
b)
rhyme scheme
c)
rhyme dream
d)
rhyme clan
44.
What is a group of lines that form sort of a paragraph in a poem called?
a)
stanza
b)
tone
c)
rhyme
d)
imagery
45.
What is imagery?
a)
using text to portray the five senses
b)
using text to persuade the audience
c)
using text to foreshadow the future
d)
using text to ask inquiry questions on a topic
46.
The feelings created by the writer for the reader to sense in the reading is the ________.
a)
tone
b)
imagery
c)
mood
d)
sensory language
47.
The attitude of the writer towards the subject matter is the _________.
a)
tone
b)
imagery
c)
sensory language
d)
mood
48.
The beat created by stressed and unstressed syllable or words in a poem is the _________.
a)
rhythm
b)
beats
c)
poems
d)
words
49.
What is the rhyme scheme for the following stanza?
We are very cool cats
trying to slink in the streets.
We won't take your hats
As we have our own beats.
We are very cool cats
trying to slink in the streets.
We won't take your hats
As we have our own beats.
a)
AABB
b)
ABCB
c)
ABAB
d)
AAAB
50.
What is the rhyme scheme for the following stanza?
There once was a farmer from Leeds,
Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
It soon came to pass,
He was covered with grass,
But has all the tomatoes he needs.
There once was a farmer from Leeds,
Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
It soon came to pass,
He was covered with grass,
But has all the tomatoes he needs.
a)
ABBAC
b)
AABBB
c)
AABBA
d)
ABABA
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