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WorksheetsEnglish Review!
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"The muppet spoke in a monotonous tone."
What does monotonous mean?
What does monotonous mean?
a)
boring and tedious
b)
soft and quiet
c)
loud and obnoxious
d)
frilly and musical
2.
What does it means to compare two things without using "like" or "as"?
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
metaphor
3.
Words or phrases that appeal to the five senses is what?
a)
figurative language
b)
imagery
c)
symbol
d)
speaker
4.
This is the voice that "talks" to the reader...
a)
narrator
b)
speaker
c)
point of view
d)
rising action
5.
Ex: I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.
a)
symbol
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
6.
This means to compare two things using "like" or "as".
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
symbol
7.
What is a person, place, or object that stands for a larger idea?
a)
imagery
b)
symbol
c)
figurative language
d)
hyperbole
8.
Ex: The lightning danced across the night sky.
a)
stanza
b)
hyperbole
c)
symbol
d)
personification
9.
A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem is a ________.
a)
poetry
b)
line
c)
paragraph
d)
stanza
10.
____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".
a)
Simile
b)
Synonym
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
11.
__________ is the process of giving human qualities to something that isn't human.
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
12.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Refrain
d)
Hyperbole
13.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
a)
Simile
b)
Refrain
c)
Personification
d)
Metaphor
14.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Refrain
15.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The girl was as fast as a rocket as she sped by on her bicycle"
"The girl was as fast as a rocket as she sped by on her bicycle"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Personification
16.
Which of the following is an example of THEME?
a)
Carry your laptops with two hands at all times.
b)
Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat.
c)
You can severely break your leg while crossing the street.
d)
Life is short; make the most of it.
17.
Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
18.
__________ is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together.
a)
Rhyme
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
19.
What does "encumbered" mean?
a)
Something that that is real.
b)
Being burdened or weighed down.
c)
Being ridiculous or foolish.
d)
Showing contempt.
20.
What are anecdotes?
a)
Written records of events.
b)
Delays or postponements of punishment.
c)
Short, interesting accounts of a particular event.
d)
Strong, influential people.
21.
What is an example of something that is "innumerable"?
a)
Stars in the sky.
b)
Remaining number of elephants in the world.
c)
Years left in high school.
22.
What did it mean when Elie Wiesel said that they had a "reprieve" from the SS guards?
a)
They received more soup.
b)
They were able to celebrate Yom Kippur.
c)
There was a delay in being punished.
d)
There was a chance to move barracks.
23.
"She had great clout in the world of business."
What does clout mean?
What does clout mean?
a)
Strong influence
b)
Amounts of money
c)
Times of failure
d)
Knowledge of many languages
24.
Finish this sentence correctly:
The _________ on the train were not cattle; they were men.
The _________ on the train were not cattle; they were men.
a)
balms
b)
entities
c)
anecdotes
d)
barracks
25.
What device assigns human qualities to a non-living thing?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Idiom
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