WorksheetsPoetry Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False Figurative Language is...
Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What is a Metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison not using "like or "as"
c)
A phrase that contradicts itself
d)
A word that conveys a sound
3.
What is an Onomatopoeia?
a)
A word that conveys a sound
b)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
c)
A phrase that contradicts itself
d)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
4.
What is a Simile?
a)
A word that conveys a sound
b)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
c)
A phrase that contradicts itself
d)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
5.
What is an Oxymoron?
a)
A word that conveys a sound
b)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
c)
A phrase that contradicts itself
d)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
6.
What is Alliteration?
a)
A word that conveys a sound
b)
A phrase that contradicts itself
c)
A repeat of a constant sound in a sentance
d)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
7.
What is Assonance?
a)
A sentence with words starting with the same letter
b)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
c)
A repeat of a constant Vowel sound in a sentence
d)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
8.
What is Irony?
a)
The use of words (or an action) to express the oppisite of the literal meaning.
b)
A statement that doesn't seem true but is.
c)
A broad term for figurative language.
d)
A word or object that represents something with a deeper meaning.
9.
What is not a type of Irony?
a)
Situational
b)
Dramatic
c)
Verbal
d)
Appropratic
10.
What is a Symbol?
a)
The use of words (or an action) to express the oppisite of the literal meaning.
b)
A statement that doesn't seem true but is.
c)
A broad term for figurative language.
d)
A word or object that represents something with a deeper meaning.
11.
What is a Paradox?
a)
The use of words (or an action) to express the oppisite of the literal meaning.
b)
A statement that doesn't seem true but is.
c)
A broad term for figurative language.
d)
A word or object that represents something with a deeper meaning.
12.
What is a Refrain?
a)
The use of words (or an action) to express the oppisite of the literal meaning.
b)
A sound or phrase repeated (Like a Chorus)
c)
A broad term for figurative language.
d)
A word or object that represents something with a deeper meaning.
13.
What is a Pun?
a)
A play on words
b)
Object to Function
c)
Open Secret
d)
Cold as ice
14.
Choose the Example that Shows a(n): Oxymoron
a)
He said act naturally.
b)
She was an open door.
c)
I am not as cold Ice.
d)
He spit hot fire.
15.
Choose the Example that Shows a(n):
Simile
Simile
a)
As bold as brass.
b)
Darker than space.
c)
She was colder than ice.
d)
Her eyes are fireflies.
16.
Choose the Example that Shows a(n):
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia
a)
The door opened.
b)
Hello, my name is Charles.
c)
The explosion went "BOOM".
d)
Run away!
17.
Choose the Example that shows a(n):
Irony
Irony
a)
“I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.”
b)
"My pen had been running out of ink but I took it into the exam anyway, and it ran out mid-essay."
c)
“This fire-extinguisher works"
d)
Open secrets
18.
Choose the Example that Shows a(n):
Metaphor
Metaphor
a)
His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste.
b)
You were as brave as a lion!
c)
They fought like cats and dogs.
d)
He is as strong as an ox.
19.
Choose the Example that Shows a(n):
Pun
Pun
a)
The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord.
b)
We want to see the happiest scary movie
c)
Infant: Baby:: Full: Empty
d)
Hotter than the sun
20.
What is an Euphemism?
a)
Yellow Brick Road
b)
Food is to life as listing is to music
c)
A repeated sound
d)
A mild phrase put in for a harsh one
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