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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 48mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is Imagery?
a)
the use of language appealing to one or more of the five senses
b)
a joke
c)
It's nothing, you just made it up
d)
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
2.
Is this an example of imagery?
"They ate food."
"They ate food."
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
No clue
3.
Is this Imagery: The wind blew silently
a)
Yes
b)
No
4.
Is this Imagery: I saw the stars in the sky
a)
Yes
b)
No
5.
"The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sight.
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sight.
a)
"squeaky mouse scurried noisily"
b)
"At the foot of the stairs, the match went out,"
c)
"clicking of the clock"
d)
"striking one"
6.
"The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.
a)
"he took the box of matches"
b)
"the darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage..."
c)
"he stood motionless"
d)
"at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible"
7.
Simile or Metaphor:
My father is a bear in the morning.
My father is a bear in the morning.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
8.
Simile or Metaphor:
My sister is like an angel in my life.
My sister is like an angel in my life.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
9.
Simile or Metaphor:
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.
Math is like a puzzle that never ends.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
10.
Simile or Metaphor:
My life is a dream.
My life is a dream.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
11.
Simile or Metaphor:
The city is a sea of sadness.
The city is a sea of sadness.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
12.
Simile or Metaphor:
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.
Life is a flower that grows more beautiful every day.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
13.
In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life. On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
14.
A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
15.
The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
16.
What type of irony is this?
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
17.
big baby
a)
oxymoron
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
symbolism
d)
personification
18.
Beauty is only skin deep.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
proverb
19.
Gobble
a)
idiom
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
oxymoron
20.
I will walk to the west wall when Walter whistles.
a)
stanza
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
idiom
21.
The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.
a)
hyperbole
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
22.
The fog crept in on little feet.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
proverb
23.
When an object or person is used to represent a bigger idea.
a)
Symbolism
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Irony
d)
Theme
24.
When a character is in conflict with a societal norm or expectation.
a)
Person vs. Themselves
b)
Person vs. Society
c)
Internal Conflict
d)
Person vs. Nature
25.
When two characters are in conflict with each other's ideas, actions, or beliefs.
a)
Person vs. Themselves
b)
Person vs. Nature
c)
Person vs. Person
d)
Person vs. Society
26.
When a character is in conflict with an animal or other force of nature.
a)
Person vs. Person
b)
Person vs. Themselves
c)
Person vs. Nature
d)
Person vs. Society
27.
The life lesson or moral emphasized and shown through the text. What is the author stating about a certain topic?
a)
Irony
b)
Symbolism
c)
Theme
d)
Flashback
28.
When a character is in conflict with themselves and a decision they need to make.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conflict
c)
Person vs. Person
d)
Person vs. Society
29.
Which point of view uses pronouns such as "I" and "me"?
a)
Second person
b)
Third person limited
c)
Third person omniscient
d)
First person
30.
Use of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses in order to describe something is what?
a)
metaphors
b)
allusion
c)
imagery
d)
foreshadowing
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