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Worksheets"The Banana Tree"
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
Which of the following sentences uses personification?
a)
The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.
b)
He is as sly as a fox.
c)
He drowned in a sea of grief.
d)
Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk.
2.
Which of the following is the definition of personification?
a)
When an animal, object, or event is described as behaving in a human way.
b)
Using rick sensory details to help readers imagine a scene.
c)
A form of language that is spoken in a particular region by the people who live there.
d)
A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
3.
Read the sentence below, then tell what kind of figurative language it is.
Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic.
Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
imagery
4.
Which of the answers below is the definition of metaphor?
a)
A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
b)
An expression that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
c)
Using rich sensory details to help readers imagine a scene.
d)
Language that uses words and phrases in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true.
5.
Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
a)
She is experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions since her dad died.
b)
The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.
c)
The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.
d)
The little girl was as snug as a bug in a rug.
6.
Read the sentence below and decide what kind of figurative language it is.
He is the apple of his father's eye.
He is the apple of his father's eye.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
imagery
7.
What is the definition of simile?
a)
An expression that compares two unlike things using the words like and as.
b)
A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
c)
Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses.
d)
Words that have the same sound at the beginning.
8.
Which of the following is an example of a simile.
a)
Her dive into the swimming pool was as straight as an arrow.
b)
She was feeling blue after her boyfriend broke up with her.
c)
When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
d)
It was dark and dim in the forest.
9.
Read the sentence below and decide what kind of figurative language it is.
He is as strong as an ox.
He is as strong as an ox.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
imagery
d)
personification
10.
Which sentence below is the definition of imagery?
a)
Words and phrases that the author uses to appeal to the reader's five senses.
b)
An expression that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
c)
A comparison of two things that are basically not alike but have some qualities in common.
d)
When an animal, object, or event is described as behaving in a human way.
11.
Which sentence below is an example of imagery?
a)
The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet
b)
His lie inflamed her temper.
c)
He is as stubborn as a mule.
d)
As Alice searched for her missing pencil, she said sarcastically, “Well, I guess it just walked off of my desk.” She looked at her classmates accusingly.
12.
Read the sentence below and decide which type of figurative language it is.
The girl ran her hands along a soft and satiny fabric.
The girl ran her hands along a soft and satiny fabric.
a)
imagery
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
13.
Which of these is dialect?
a)
"Hi, Paul,"
b)
"G'day, Mate!"
c)
"Hello, friend,"
d)
"Hola, amigo"
14.
Which of these is dialect?
a)
"I don't have any pigs."
b)
"These are not the pigs you're looking for."
c)
"I ain't got none' dem pigsies."
d)
"You cannot have these pigs!"
15.
Read the following paragraph:
"Mr. Bass forced a reassuring smile. His toothbrush mustache moved about a little as he said, "The storm's bad, chil'run. Really bad. But it'll blow off."
Which of the following phrases or sentences from the paragraph is an example of DIALECT?
"Mr. Bass forced a reassuring smile. His toothbrush mustache moved about a little as he said, "The storm's bad, chil'run. Really bad. But it'll blow off."
Which of the following phrases or sentences from the paragraph is an example of DIALECT?
a)
Mr. Bass forced a reassuring smile.
b)
His toothbrush mustache moved about a little
c)
"The storm's bad, chil'run.
16.
Read the following paragraph:
"Once, when the wind staggered him, he recovered with his legs wide apart. Angrily he stretched out his hands with clenched fists and shouted, "I almos' hol' you that time...Come solid like that again an' we fight like man an' man!"
Which of the following phrases or sentences from the paragraph is an example of DIALECT?
"Once, when the wind staggered him, he recovered with his legs wide apart. Angrily he stretched out his hands with clenched fists and shouted, "I almos' hol' you that time...Come solid like that again an' we fight like man an' man!"
Which of the following phrases or sentences from the paragraph is an example of DIALECT?
a)
Angrily he stretched out his hands with clenched fists
b)
I almos' hol' you that time
c)
he recovered with his legs wide apart
17.
Read the following:
"The storm's bad, chil'run. Really bad. But it'll blow off."
This example of DIALECT most nearly means:
"The storm's bad, chil'run. Really bad. But it'll blow off."
This example of DIALECT most nearly means:
a)
The storm is going to blow the children away
b)
The children are afraid of the storm
c)
The storm is bad but it will be over soon
18.
Read the following:
"Abide wid me; fast fall the eventide."
This example of DIALECT most nearly means:
"Abide wid me; fast fall the eventide."
This example of DIALECT most nearly means:
a)
Listen to me, it will soon be evening.
b)
Follow my rules and you can attend the event.
c)
Stay with me to avoid fast rising ocean tide.
19.
Dialect is...
a)
speech written like it sounds
b)
speech written with correct grammar
c)
speech that is not dialogue
d)
speech that you can't understand
20.
Read the following:
"Abide wid me; fast fall the eventide."
This example of DIALECT most nearly means:
"Abide wid me; fast fall the eventide."
This example of DIALECT most nearly means:
a)
Listen to me, it will soon be evening.
b)
Follow my rules and you can attend the event.
c)
Stay with me to avoid fast rising ocean tide.
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