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WorksheetsEnglish III test Prep
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of sound device is used in the following sentence: Mike likes his new bike.
a)
Simile
b)
Consonance
c)
Refrain
d)
Alliteration
2.
What is assonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
3.
Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
anaphora
d)
Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?
4.
A refrain is...
a)
A repeated vowel sound
b)
A repeated consonant sound
c)
A similar set of words
d)
A repeated line or verse
5.
Type of Irony: A man buys a gun to protect himself, then someone breaks into his house and shoots him with that same gun.
a)
Verbal
b)
Dramatic
c)
Situational
d)
None of the above
6.
What type of Sound Device?
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance
d)
Repetition
7.
What is situational irony?
a)
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant
b)
When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
c)
When the audience knows something the character doesn't
8.
What type of Sound Device?
A dove moved silently above the waves.
A dove moved silently above the waves.
a)
Assonance
b)
Consonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
9.
A marriage counselor filed for divorce
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
10.
What is verbal irony?
a)
When what is said is different than what is meant
b)
When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
c)
When the audience knows something a character doesn't know.
11.
Exclaiming “oh great” after failing an exam
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
12.
Type of Irony: While watching a scary movie, we see the killer run inside the house while the character is looking around on the porch. She doesn't know that the killer is inside the house when she walks back inside.
a)
Verbal
b)
Situational
c)
Dramatic
d)
None of the above
13.
What is dramatic Irony?
a)
When what is said is different than what is meant
b)
When what happens is the opposite of what is expected
c)
When the audience knows something the character doesn't
14.
How does this photo show dramatic irony?
a)
We know the girl is about to be eaten by a shark
b)
The shark doesn't know it's about to run into a swimmer
c)
All of the above
15.
The following is an example of which rhetorical device:
“'Hope' is the thing with feathers -/ That perches in the soul -”
“'Hope' is the thing with feathers -/ That perches in the soul -”
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
16.
During which time period were the first fiction texts written in America?
a)
Native American
b)
Puritan
c)
Revolutionary/Age of Reason
d)
Romantic
17.
Which of the 3 persuasive appeals is being used in this excerpt of the Declaration of Independence?:
"whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"
"whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"
a)
Ethos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
18.
Which time period/group uses fear to persuade others to conform to their beliefs?
Ex: "Were it not that so is the sovereign Pleasure of God, the Earth would not bear you one Moment; for you are a Burden to it."
Ex: "Were it not that so is the sovereign Pleasure of God, the Earth would not bear you one Moment; for you are a Burden to it."
a)
Native American
b)
Puritan
c)
Revolutionary/Age of Reason
d)
Romantic
19.
The following is an example of which rhetorical device:
“In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun”
“In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun”
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
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