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Worksheetsthe joker
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
who is the joker
a)
villin
b)
?
c)
batman
d)
john ceana
2.
From To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:
“But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself” (6).
“But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself” (6).
a)
allusion
b)
magic 3
c)
simile
d)
hyphenated modifies
3.
"I’m going away from this place. Away from my disapproving mother, away from my groping brother and away from this infernal heat.”
a)
repetition for effect
b)
expanded moment
c)
full-circle ending
d)
hyperbole
4.
Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.
a)
allusion
b)
magic 3
c)
repetition for effect
d)
alliteration
5.
When Sue desperately tried to lose a few pounds before her wedding, chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.
a)
allusion
b)
full-circle ending
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
specific detail for effect
6.
“’Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.’ We have heard this saying a million times. Only this time, it is particularly pertinent."
a)
repetition for effect
b)
hyperbole
c)
allusion
d)
personification
7.
From Sold by Patricia McCormick:
"In the evening, the bright yellow pumpkin blossoms will close, drunk on sunshine, while the milky white jasmine will open their slender throats and sip the chill Himalayan air" (9).
"In the evening, the bright yellow pumpkin blossoms will close, drunk on sunshine, while the milky white jasmine will open their slender throats and sip the chill Himalayan air" (9).
a)
magic 3
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
expanded moment
8.
From Sold by Patricia McCormick:
“When the night rain soaks the ground past the soaking point, when the earthen walls around the paddy melt away, when the rice plants are sucked out of the earth one by one and washed down the slope, there should be a sound, a noise announcing that something is terribly wrong” (33).
“When the night rain soaks the ground past the soaking point, when the earthen walls around the paddy melt away, when the rice plants are sucked out of the earth one by one and washed down the slope, there should be a sound, a noise announcing that something is terribly wrong” (33).
a)
humor
b)
full-circle ending
c)
alliteration
d)
magic 3
11.
From The Rock Says… by the Rock with Joe Layden”
“This was my introduction to wrestling. Not professional wrestling, which is more performance art than it is sport, but real wrestling. Amateur wrestling. Down-and-dirty, my-head-in-your-armpit, grapple-till-you-puke wrestling.
“This was my introduction to wrestling. Not professional wrestling, which is more performance art than it is sport, but real wrestling. Amateur wrestling. Down-and-dirty, my-head-in-your-armpit, grapple-till-you-puke wrestling.
a)
hyphenated modifier
b)
personification
c)
allusion
d)
magic 3
10.
From William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet:
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of the field” (IV.v.33-34).
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of the field” (IV.v.33-34).
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
metaphor
d)
magic 3
11.
From The Rock Says… by the Rock with Joe Layden”
“This was my introduction to wrestling. Not professional wrestling, which is more performance art than it is sport, but real wrestling. Amateur wrestling. Down-and-dirty, my-head-in-your-armpit, grapple-till-you-puke wrestling.
“This was my introduction to wrestling. Not professional wrestling, which is more performance art than it is sport, but real wrestling. Amateur wrestling. Down-and-dirty, my-head-in-your-armpit, grapple-till-you-puke wrestling.
a)
hyphenated modifier
b)
personification
c)
allusion
d)
magic 3
12.
I glared cautiously at the doorknob silent, alert, and ready for any slight movement. Waiting for the moment something moved that indicated the presence of somebody on the other side of the long, white door. Thoughts of robbers and kidnappers filled my mind as I recalled all the stories I’ve heard on TV of innocent girls being abducted by strange men at night. I tried my best to calm down and continued to tell myself that it was just my mind playing tricks on me. This couldn’t be real.
a)
humor
b)
full-circle ending
c)
repetition for effect
d)
expanded moment
13.
After hours of listening to the “cring, crang, crong” of the violin rehearsal, the conductor had to take a few Excedrin for the resulting migrane.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
allusion
c)
specific details for effect
d)
simile
14.
While waiting for the television segment to begin filming, she blinked her blue-green eyes, chewed on a lacquered nail, and frowned at the interviewer.
a)
repetition for effect
b)
alliteration
c)
magic 3
d)
hyphenated modifier
15.
I can smell pizza from a mile away.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
expanded moment
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