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Language Features

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Her smile is a ray of sunshine.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
2.
Simple Simon sighed after he slipped on the sidewalk.
a)
assonance
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
personification
3.
The moon smiled down on us.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
assonance
4.
A paragraph of poetry is called a _______.
a)
line
b)
verse
c)
paragraph
d)
stanza
5.
Words that help you imagine something via a sensory description.
a)
imagery
b)
hyperbole
c)
symbolism
d)
slant rhyme
6.
This one has a little car.
This one has a little star.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
couplet
d)
irony
7.
The color red represents love and white represents innocence.
a)
hyperbole
b)
rhythm
c)
simile
d)
symbolism
8.
A sharp contrast between what is expected and what is real is called ________.
a)
irony
b)
symbolism
c)
consonance
d)
onomatopoeia
9.
Never, ever, ever, ever, give up!
a)
rhyme
b)
repetition
c)
symbolism
d)
hyperbole
10.
The beat of the poem is called ________.
a)
rhyme
b)
connotation
c)
rhythm
d)
alliteration
11.
Her fear was a like a snake wrapping itself around her.
a)
imagery
b)
simile
c)
denotation
d)
alliteration
12.
The apple ran so fast around the track.
a)
connotation
b)
assonance
c)
rhyme
d)
couplet
13.
The fly buzzed around her ear.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
couplet
14.
The wolves' tongues licked the stars.
a)
consonance
b)
denotation
c)
repetition
d)
hyperbole
15.
I heard the clutter clatter against the aluminum garbage can.
a)
consonance
b)
hyperbole
c)
repetition
d)
denotation
16.
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author's word choice, language, or descriptive details.
a)
mood
b)
rhythm
c)
theme
d)
assonance
17.
The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line.
a)
rhythm
b)
couplet
c)
repetition
d)
rhyme scheme
18.
The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.
a)
rhythm
b)
theme
c)
tone
d)
stanza
19.
The central idea/message/lesson of the poem--a generalization about human behavior.
a)
mood
b)
tone
c)
symbolism
d)
theme
20.
"The flames danced the night away!"
a)
Onomotoepia
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Metephor
21.
"She ran like a cheetah"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
22.
What is personification?
a)
ABAB rhyme scheme
b)
Comparing two objects
c)
Giving human-like features to objects/animals
d)
Creating visuals for readers can see what the poet is describing
23.
"She was a night owl"
a)
Rhyme scheme
b)
Onomotopoeia
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
24.
What is a smile?
a)
ABAB rhyme scheme
b)
Comparing two things not using "lik"  or "as"
c)
Creating imagery for the reader
d)
Comparing two thing using "like" or "as"
25.
"BOOM!"
a)
Repition
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomotopoia
26.
"Lilly liked to lick lemons"
a)
Onomotopoia
b)
Repetition
c)
Simile
d)
Alliteration
27.
Why would a poet use metaphors in their writing?
a)
To enhance their imagery
b)
To compare two objects
c)
To sound smart
d)
To prove a point
28.
Why do writers use figurative language?
a)
To make it longer
b)
To make themselves sound smart
c)
To make lines rhyme
d)
To enhance their writing
29.
Identify the sound device:
Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.
- John Masefield
a)
consonance
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
rhythm
30.
Identify the sound device:
cat
bat
hat
rat
fat
a)
rhyme
b)
rhythm
c)
alliteration
d)
consonance
31.
Identify the sound device:
Some mammals are clammy.
a)
assonance
b)
consonance
c)
alliteration
d)
repetition
32.
Identify the sound device:
I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
A boa constrictor
A boa constrictor
I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
- Shel Silverstein
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme
c)
repetition
d)
alliteration
33.
Identify the sound device:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
a)
rhyme
b)
rhythm
c)
repetition
d)
onomatopoeia
34.
Identify the figurative language:
The track stretched on forever.
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
35.
Identify the figurative language:
I felt like a fish out of water.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
idiom
36.
Identify the figurative language:
Her hair was a bird's nest of tangled locks.
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
metaphor 
d)
idiom
37.
Identify the figurative language:
The wind whistled through the trees.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
idiom
38.
Identify the figurative language:
I've got a bone to pick with you!
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
idiom
39.

Identify the type of figurative language being used below-


I have died everyday, waiting for you

Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years

I'll love you for a thousand more

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

a thousand years

40.

Identify the figurative language being used here.


How many times do I have to tell you

Even when you’re crying you’re beautiful too

The world is beating you down, I’m around through every move


-John Legend, "All of Me"

a)

Personification

b)

Repetition

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

41.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin

Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

-"Firework", Katy Perry

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

42.

I feel glorious, glorious

Got a chance to start again

I was born for this, born for this

It's who I am, how could I forget?


-Macklemore, "Glorious"

a)

Repetition

b)

Imagery

c)

Rhyme

d)

Metaphor

43.

I like that boom boom pow

Them chickens jackin' my style


-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Assonance

44.

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

And pranced and partied all night long

And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I’m dumb in school?

Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pol?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there’s poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?


-"Whatif" by Shel Silverstein

a)

Onomatopoeia and Personification

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification and Repetition

45.

And I'm so sick of love songs, so tired of tears

So done with wishing you were still here

Said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow

So why can't I turn off the radio?


-Ne-Yo, "So Sick"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metphor

c)

Personification

d)

Onomatopoeia

46.

"Your love is a symphony

All around me

Running through me


Your love is a melody

Underneath me

Running to me"


-Switchfoot, "Your Love is a Song"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

47.

You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes

You’re paralyzed

‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night

And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.


-Michael Jackson, "Thriller"

a)

Symbol

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

48.

For the first time in history

It's gonna start raining men

It's raining men, Hallelujah

It's raining men, amen


-The Weather Girls, "It's Raining Men"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Rhyme

d)

Symbolism

49.

Figurative Language affects the

a)

meaning of a poem

b)

the sound of a poem

c)

the type of poem

d)

the type of verse

50.

A figure of speech which uses extreme exaggeration is an

a)

Idiom

b)

Metapor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Hyperbole

51.

A device where seemingly opposite words are placed together for effect

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Pun

d)

Euphemism

52.

A short poem expressing a personal feeling, emotion, or attitude about some topic

a)

Lyric

b)

Limerick

c)

Ballad

d)

Epic

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