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WorksheetsCollection 3- Mississippi Solo
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
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1.
As the snow fell, the forest wrapped itself in a white blanket and went to sleep. What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence?
a)
a simile
b)
personification
c)
a hyperbole
d)
a metaphor
2.
Which of the following is an example of the author's use of personification?
a)
" I passed through the far curtain of the insulated air."
b)
"The tips of the trees bent way over...like fishing rods hooked on a big one."
c)
"The river kept me company and kept me satisfied".
d)
"Clouds rolled overhead in wild swirls like batter in a bowl".
3.
This author's style contained:
a)
formal language
b)
fragments
c)
complex sentences
d)
precise language
4.
Mississippi Solo is an example of what type of prose?
a)
autobiography
b)
memoir
c)
excerpt
d)
personal narrative
5.
A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
6.
When several words begin with the same consonant sound in a row is:
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
7.
"SpongeBob is the worst TV show ever made!" This sentence is an example of...
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
8.
EXAMPLE: She sings at the top of her lungs.
a)
Cliche
b)
Idiom
c)
Allusion
d)
Simile
9.
EXAMPLE: Buzz, Hiss, Roar, Woof.
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Idiom
d)
Onomatopoeia
10.
EXAMPLE: The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him close.
a)
Personification
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Allusion
11.
I'm dying to see that movie.
a)
I can wait a little longer.
b)
I don't want to see the movie.
c)
I'm excited about seeing the movie.
12.
The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky.
a)
The stars are expensive.
b)
The stars are not out tonight.
c)
The stars were bright and sparkling.
13.
Sally is the sun in my life
a)
Sally is yellow.
b)
Sally is standing on the roof.
c)
Sally is important to me.
14.
An extreme exaggeration used for effect
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
15.
A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
16.
The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?
What two things are being compared in this sentence’s simile?
a)
the package and the sidewalk
b)
the Olympics and the icy sidewalk
c)
the movement of the dropped package and a bobsled
d)
the way the package was dropped and the Olympics
17.
"The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
18.
Read the following poem and decide which two poetic devices the author
uses.
"It sushes,
It hushes,
The loudness in the road.
It flitter-twitters,
And laughs away from me.
It laughs a lovely whiteness,
And whitely whirs away
To be some otherwhere.
Still white as milk or shirts,
So beautiful it hurts."
uses.
"It sushes,
It hushes,
The loudness in the road.
It flitter-twitters,
And laughs away from me.
It laughs a lovely whiteness,
And whitely whirs away
To be some otherwhere.
Still white as milk or shirts,
So beautiful it hurts."
a)
onomatopoeia, metaphor
b)
metaphor, hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia, simile
25.
a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
allegory
d)
conceit
20.
the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginnings of words.
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
allegory
d)
metaphor
21.
The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest, is an example of...
a)
A hyperbole/personification
b)
A metaphor/personification
c)
A simile/metaphor
d)
Personification/Onomatopoeia
22.
What type of figurative language is shown below:
EX: The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.
EX: The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
23.
As the snow fell, the forest wrapped itself in a white blanket and went to sleep. What figure of speech is illustrated in this sentence?
a)
a simile
b)
personification
c)
a hyperbole
d)
a metaphor
24.
The sad student sat silently in the room.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
idiom
d)
personification
25.
a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.
a)
allusion
b)
alliteration
c)
allegory
d)
conceit
26.
Personification is...
a)
comparing using "like" or "as"
b)
giving human traits to nonhuman things
c)
saying things are like other things
d)
using the same beginning sound in several words in one line
27.
The author says the river is
a)
dangerous
b)
stormy
c)
a friend
d)
an enemy
28.
Which of the following is an example of a first-person pronoun?
a)
you
b)
he
c)
they
d)
I
29.
Which of the following describes a memoir?
a)
an informational article
b)
historical fiction
c)
realistic fiction
d)
a factual account of the author's life
33.
The reader can infer that the author's life has been
a)
a series of ups and downs.
b)
a nightmare with no relief.
c)
full of only amazing days.
d)
boring.
34.
Why would you insulate your home?
a)
To keep it safe from tornadoes
b)
To keep the light trapped inside
c)
To keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer
d)
To keep it from catching on fire
35.
True or false: A tree can be splintered.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
The reader can infer that the author's life has been
a)
a series of ups and downs.
b)
a nightmare with no relief.
c)
full of only amazing days.
d)
boring.
34.
Why would you insulate your home?
a)
To keep it safe from tornadoes
b)
To keep the light trapped inside
c)
To keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer
d)
To keep it from catching on fire
35.
True or false: A tree can be splintered.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
True or False: The river gave the author a warning.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
____ 1. What element reveals that this selection is a memoir?
a)
sentence fragments
b)
sequence of events
c)
first-person pronouns
d)
figurative language
38.
____ 2. What evidence in the text supports inferences about the author’s past?
a)
“Too many marvelous days in a row and you begin to get used to it.”
b)
“I guess I’d had enough hard days to last me for a while.”
c)
“Each change had something to say, and I listened to the river.”
d)
“Nothing else mattered then. Going someplace or not.”
39.
The ____ is the chief river of the largest drainage system on the North American continent.
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Missouri River
c)
Rio Grand River
d)
Savannah River
40.
___ is the length of the Mississippi River.
a)
2,820 miles
b)
1,785 miles
c)
2,320 miles
d)
3,690 miles
41.
The discharge of the mighty Mississippi River is an amazing ____ per second!
a)
220,080 cubic feet
b)
360,070 cubic feet
c)
593,000 cubic feet
d)
420,010 cubic feet
42.
The source of the Mississippi River is ___.
a)
Lake Minnetonka
b)
Fond du Lac
c)
Chanhassen
d)
Lake Itasca
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