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WorksheetsFigurative Language Review
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 3hrs 31mins
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1.
"The assignment was a breeze!" is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
2.
What is a simile?
a)
Comparing two things without using like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two things using like and as
d)
None of the above
3.
What is a metaphor?
a)
Comparing two things in a text
b)
Comparing two things using like and as
c)
An exaggeration
d)
Direct Comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
4.
"The water well is as dry as a bone."
is an example of a(n)...
is an example of a(n)...
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
5.
What is Anaphora?
a)
When your dog impregnates your fish
b)
Deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs.
c)
specific word choice
d)
the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
6.
Epistrophe
a)
Last words of a phrase repeated at the end of following phrases.
b)
Similarity of structure of words in successive phrases.
7.
What rhetorical device is being used?
"We will pass the STAAR test! We will achieve commended! And we will celebrate by eating donuts!"
"We will pass the STAAR test! We will achieve commended! And we will celebrate by eating donuts!"
a)
anecdote
b)
alliteration
c)
paradox
d)
anaphora
8.
In old age we laugh at our past, sigh for our past, cry out for our past.
a)
epistrophe
b)
sympoce
c)
anaphora
d)
understatement
9.
We look in toward the Milky Way, in toward the system of Sol, in toward the planet Earth, in toward the nation of China, and, finally, in toward a lonely hut on a lonely hill
a)
Anaphora
b)
Epistrophe
c)
Symploce
d)
Metaphor
10.
A rhetorical device that repeats words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence
a)
allusion
b)
anaphora
c)
parallelism
d)
aphorism
e)
antithesis
11.
A rhetorical device that uses strong, vivid descriptions to help audience imagine
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personficiation
c)
diction
d)
imagery
e)
hyperbole
12.
A rhetorical device that uses exaggerations
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personficiation
c)
diction
d)
imagery
e)
hyperbole
13.
The wrong person was selected for the wrong job, at the wrong time, for the wrong purpose.
a)
aphorism
b)
understatement
c)
personification
d)
anaphora
e)
hyperbole
14.
Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.
a)
antithesis
b)
understatement
c)
personification
d)
anaphora
e)
hyperbole
15.
A rhetorical device that does the opposite of what people expect
a)
allusion
b)
anaphora
c)
irony
d)
aphorism
e)
hyperbole
16.
a)
allusion
b)
anecdote
c)
anaphora
d)
alliteration
17.
A rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.
a)
allusion
b)
anecdote
c)
anaphora
d)
alliteration
18.
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words
a)
alliteration
b)
analogy
c)
anaphora
d)
anecdote
19.
a)
anecdote
b)
analogy
c)
allusion
d)
alliteration
20.
a)
allusion
b)
anaphora
c)
anecdote
d)
alliteration
21.
A blue, new moon rose high in the sky, casting a subdued hue over the school.
a)
consonance
b)
assonance
c)
imagery
d)
creepy
22.
Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
imagery
d)
cute
23.
A tall tree could fall hard, even with no ear near.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
parable
24.
What is consonance?
a)
The repetition of any letter sound in a line
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line
c)
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line
d)
The repetition of words or phrases in a poem
25.
Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?
a)
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
b)
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door
c)
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
26.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
c)
The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
27.
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
28.
Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ________, __________ and __________.
a)
egg, chips and cola
b)
coffee, cakes and tea
c)
coffee, cakes and cola
d)
fish, chips and coffee
29.
What is consonance?
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
30.
Why might alliteration be used?
a)
it sounds fun
b)
it makes the content memorable
c)
it plays to the brain's natural pattern-seeking strengths
d)
all of the above
31.
Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
assonance and consonance
32.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance and consonance
c)
consonance
d)
assonance
33.
Until he picks up the pills, Tim will feel icky.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Poor Tim :(
34.
Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?
35.
I cried, why? Why my life?
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
imagery
36.
Great, gregarious Gary from Gryffindor likes grapes.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
imagery
37.
The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'
What object is being personified in the sentence?
What object is being personified in the sentence?
a)
Clouds
b)
Winked
c)
Say
d)
Moon
38.
"The lumberjack leveled many trees that day as his chainsaw sang its deadly song."
What is being personified?
What is being personified?
a)
The lumberjack
b)
The trees
c)
The chainsaw
d)
The song
39.
"After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony."
What human characteristic is being given?
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Eating
b)
Baking
c)
Chewing
d)
Making people guilty
40.
"As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face."
What human characteristic is being given?
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Twirling
b)
Dancing
c)
Flying
d)
Slapping
41.
What is being personified ? "Oreo: Milk's favorite cookie!"
a)
Oreo
b)
Milk
c)
Cookie
d)
Mouth
42.
What is personification?
a)
The same beginning sound repeated
b)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
c)
A word that is a sound
d)
An exaggeration
43.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
"The camera loves me!"
a)
Photography is one of my hobbies.
b)
I own an expensive camera.
c)
Photos of me are always really good.
d)
I like to visit art museums.
44.
A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
45.
Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
46.
Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
47.
Type of Irony: A girl standing at a bus stop in the pouring rain says, "Isn't this great?"
a)
Verbal
b)
Situational
c)
Dramatic
d)
None of the above
48.
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.
49.
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
50.
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
51.
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
52.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
53.
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
54.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
55.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
56.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
57.
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
58.
What type of irony is this?
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
59.
What type of irony is this?
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
none of the above
60.
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
none of the above
61.
The effective use communication in speaking or writing is called
a)
chatting
b)
rhetoric
c)
essay
d)
speaking
62.
comparison without using “like” or “as.” Example: “He felt lost in a sea of nameless faces,”or, “The teacher planted seeds of wisdom.”
a)
simile
b)
allusion
c)
metaphor
d)
rhetorical question
63.
Name the rhetorical device present in the following quote. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Epistrophe
64.
A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.
a)
Simile
b)
Rhetorical Device
c)
Rhetorical Appeal
d)
Allusion
65.
What is the definition of anaphora?
a)
A way of describing a person’s willingness to love/defend his/her country
b)
Remark that has a different meaning than what is literally being stated
c)
Strategies that are used to create fear in the audience
d)
The intentional repeating of words or phrases
66.
"Similes, metaphors, and imagery" are types of...
a)
Explicit Language
b)
Implicit Language
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Loaded Language
67.
What is the definition of connotative?
a)
Using language effectively and persuasively in writing or speaking
b)
Literal meaning of a word or phrase (the dictionary definition)
c)
Questions that do not require an answer
d)
The emotions or feelings that a word or phrase creates
68.
What is the definition of rhetoric?
a)
Using language effectively and persuasively in writing or speaking
b)
Literal meaning of a word or phrase (the dictionary definition)
c)
Questions that do not require an answer
d)
The emotions or feelings that a word or phrase creates
69.
What is the definition of denotative?
a)
Using language effectively and persuasively in writing or speaking
b)
Literal meaning of a word or phrase (the dictionary definition)
c)
Questions that do not require an answer
d)
The emotions or feelings that a word or phrase creates
70.
What is the definition of rhetorical question?
a)
Using language effectively and persuasively in writing or speaking
b)
Literal meaning of a word or phrase (the dictionary definition)
c)
Questions that do not require an answer
d)
The emotions or feelings that a word or phrase creates
71.
True or False
Imagery is only used in poetry
Imagery is only used in poetry
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Idk
d)
maybe
72.
Where can imagery be found in?
a)
Poetry
b)
Short Stories
c)
Novels
d)
All of the above
73.
Do we use our 5 senses in imagery: smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I don't know
d)
maybe
74.
How does imagery help us understand the story?
a)
It doesn't
b)
By expressing how the author is feeling
c)
Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
d)
By telling the mood
75.
What is the best definition of imagery?
a)
Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
b)
An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
c)
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
d)
Exaggeration
76.
What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?
a)
Take-off!
b)
Pow!
c)
Blast!
d)
Fly
77.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
78.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement
79.
The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung.
What is the onomatopoeia?
What is the onomatopoeia?
a)
lung
b)
hacking
c)
patient
80.
Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.
a)
croak
b)
Mrs. Davis
c)
frogs
d)
pond
81.
The bacon ______________ in the pan.
a)
are sizzling
b)
are screeching
c)
are splashing
d)
are rumbling
82.
She __________ at him for being late.
a)
fizzes
b)
sizzles
c)
roars
d)
splashes
83.
I _______________ when I saw the mouse.
a)
sizzled
b)
fizzed
c)
rumbled
d)
screeched
84.
I accidentally _______ some water on the floor.
a)
roared
b)
splashed
c)
sizzled
d)
fizzed
85.
Th soda pop __________ in the glass.
a)
is fizzing
b)
is splashing
c)
is screeching
d)
is roaring
86.
The train ________ through town twice a day.
a)
fizzes
b)
sizzles
c)
roars
d)
rumbles
87.
"You just gotta ignite the light?
a)
slant rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
end rhyme
d)
rhyme scheme
88.
"Do you ever feel already buried deep; six feet under scream; but no one seems to hear a thing?"
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
internal rhyme
89.
"Boom, boom, boom; Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon."
a)
slant rhyme
b)
internal rhyme
c)
alliteration
d)
epistrophe
90.
"...what the future holds"
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
anaphora
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
91.
"Just own the night; Like the Fourth of July"
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
rhetorical question
d)
alliteration
92.
"After a hurricane comes a rainbow"
a)
epistrophe
b)
hyperbole
c)
irony
d)
anaphora
93.
"Drifting through the wind"
a)
imagery
b)
irony
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
94.
My apartment cost 500.00 a month for rent.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a hyperbole
95.
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a Hyperbole
96.
I am so hungry I could eat a slice of pie.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a Hyperbole
97.
The automobile is as fast as my pick-up truck.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a hypebole
98.
After using Lina's hair shampoo, my hair is as long as the Nile River.
a)
Not a hyperbole
b)
Hyperbole
99.
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Hyperbolie
c)
Hyperbale
d)
Hyperboly
100.
My house was hot as 10,000 suns!
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Not a hyperbole
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