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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is personification?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
2.
What is alliteration?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
3.
"America is a melting pot" is an example of
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Repetition
4.
"She is like a butterfly" is an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
5.
"The tea cup clinked and clanged as I put it down on the plate" is an example of:
a)
simile
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
6.
Which word means: 'To compare two objects using the words like or as?'
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
7.
Which word means: 'To compare two things without using the words like or as?'
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Idiom
8.
Choose the answer that is not a hyperbole.
a)
My house is as big as North America.
b)
My brother is smaller than a seed.
c)
I ate a truck-full of food.
d)
I'm taller then you.
9.
I can do a cartwheel! It's a piece of cake! What does the idiom "Piece of cake" mean?
a)
it's easy
b)
it's challenging
c)
a happy feeling
d)
something I can do
10.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
11.
What is onomatopoeia?
a)
A word or phrase that can be said forwards and backwards
b)
An obvious exaggeration
c)
A word that mimics a sound
d)
Giving human qualities to an item
12.
Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses
a)
imagery
b)
irony
c)
tone
d)
theme
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