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Test Prep (200+)

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A fourteen line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.

a)

Epic

b)

Narrative Poem

c)

Sonnet

d)

Limerick

2.
Fables ____________.
a)
teach us a lesson
b)
are non-fiction stories
c)
tell us how to be good students
d)
show us how to draw
3.

A short story, often with talking animals; used to teach a moral lesson

a)

Fable

b)

Legend

c)

Folk Tale

d)

Tall Tale

4.

A very old story that often tells how something in the world came to be

a)

Myth

b)

Fable

c)

Tall Tale

d)

Legend

5.

A type of folk take based on a real person or event, but it cannot be proven

a)

Legend

b)

Tall Tale

c)

Myth

d)

Fairy Tale

6.
quiet is to loud as slow is to______
a)
green
b)
fast
c)
sluggish
d)
loud
7.
Imagery is language that creates a picture.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Language that appeals to the senses
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
imagery
9.
What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
10.
Irony has _ kinds.
a)
3
b)
2
c)
4
d)
9
11.
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. 
12.
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
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.
A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.
a)
Monologue
b)
Paradox
c)
Foil
d)
Dialogue
15.
Identify the paradox. 
a)
Whose turn is it?
b)
Robert carefully built a model of the ship.
c)
Remember to take out the trash.
d)
 If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
16.
Dialogue is
a)
a conversation between/amongst characters
b)
a verb
c)
when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
d)
boring
17.
Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
a)
commas
b)
speaker tags
c)
quotation marks
d)
An indent
18.

What is an alliteration?

a)

suggests something is another

b)

gives human qualities to a non-human thing

c)

repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

d)

compares two things using "like" or "as"

19.

Which of the following is an alliteration?

a)

Tony ran like a cheetah.

b)

The muffin called my name.

c)

"Bang," the race started!

d)

The dog dug a deep hole.

20.

what is a metaphor

a)

is when someone compares you to something without saying like

b)

when you say a hint to someone

c)

when you compare with someone saying like

d)

I don´t know

21.

you are a cheetah

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

22.
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
23.
"The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail."
What human characteristic is being given?
a)
Whistling
b)
Happiness
c)
Walking
d)
Hiking
24.
"When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."
What is being personified?
a)
Adele
b)
The store
c)
High heels
d)
Her
25.

What is Onomatopoeia?

a)

A sentence or phrase with words which start with the same letter or sound.

b)

When word's pronunciation imitates it's sound.

c)

When something is described in an extremely exaggerated way.

d)

None

26.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
27.
An onomatopoeia is also known as what?
a)
An action word
b)
A descriptive word
c)
A sound word
d)
A statement
28.

True or False?

A simile COMPARES 2 things.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ____ or _____.

a)

and, or

b)

like, as

c)

and, like

30.
I am as quick as a fox.
a)
simile
b)
not a simile
31.
What is an idiom?
a)
A bird?
b)
A device used to confuse the reader.
c)
A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
d)
A group of words that begin with the same sound.
32.

It’s raining cats and dogs

a)

It’s raining really hard

b)

Its very sunny

33.

What does butterflies in your stomach mean?

a)

You are very nervous

b)

You are very cute

34.
A fact is...
a)
something you can prove (with evidence or by looking)
b)
found in the news
c)
your opinion
d)
what I say
35.
An opinion is... 
a)
always true
b)
what someone thinks (can be right or wrong)
c)
when someone argues
36.
Dr. King was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
a)
fact
b)
opinion
37.
These are the best cupcakes you will ever eat!
a)
fact
b)
opinion
38.
a phrase that has two opposite words
a)
Simile
b)
Irony
c)
Personification
d)
Oxymoron
39.
an extreme exaggeration
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Irony
c)
Pun
d)
Oxymoron
40.
the opposite of what is meant (situational, verbal, dramatic)
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Irony
c)
Pun
d)
Oxymoron
41.
a “humorous” substitution of words that sound alike but are different in meaning
a)
Idiom
b)
Pun
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Alliteration
42.
For lunch,the cafeteria was serving jumbo shrimp and rice.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Oxymoron
43.
What does the prefix non- mean?  
a)
not
b)
do again
c)
make a mistake
d)
kind
44.
What does the prefix "inter-" mean?
a)
out, beyond and away from
b)
go into, within 
c)
among, between, middle
d)
together, with
45.
What does the prefix "dis-" or "de-" mean?
a)
half, partly
b)
afterward 
c)
during, between
d)
opposite, reverse, down
46.

The word part "de" means...

a)

not

b)

opposite

c)

opinion

d)

onion

47.

The word part "dis" means...

a)

yes

b)

maybe

c)

not

d)

under

48.

The word parts, "ir, il, im and In" all mean the same, what is the correct meaning?

a)

with

b)

under

c)

below

d)

not

49.

The word part "sion, tion, ion" mean...

a)

action/process of

b)

state

c)

characterization

d)

life

50.

The suffix "y" means...

a)

without

b)

all the time

c)

voice

d)

characterized by/having

51.

What does the suffix "ness" mean?

a)

not

b)

without

c)

state of being

52.
A suffix is a word part attached to:
a)
The beginning of a root word
b)
The middle of a root word
c)
The end of a root word
d)
a root word
53.
A prefix is a word part attached to:
a)
the beginning of a root word
b)
the middle of a root word
c)
the end of a root word
d)
the end of the alphabet
54.
Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the chunks...
a)
stanzas
b)
sections
c)
staza
d)
stan
55.
What is the next part of the rhyme scheme?
a)
DD
b)
EE
c)
FF
d)
AA
56.
What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
AA BB CC
b)
A B A B
c)
AA BB AA
d)
A B C B
57.
Define allusion. 
a)
a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object from history in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds
b)
a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally 
c)
a comparison made using like or as that also utilizes personification 
d)
when the author appeals to the 5 senses of the reader to help the reader feel like we are experiencing what is happening in the reading.
58.
The top three references or works that are alluded to are....
a)
The Bible, Mythology, and William Wilberforce 
b)
The Bible, Shakespeare, and Mythology
c)
The Torah, The NFL, and Mythology 
d)
Mythology, The Bible, and Langston Hughes 
59.
What is the common allusion for Goofy?
a)
to be a coward
b)
to be sinful
c)
to be silly
d)
All of the above
60.
What is a limerick?
a)
14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
b)
Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
c)
Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
d)
A funny poem that is 5 lines long
61.
What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?
a)
ABBAA
b)
AABBA
c)
ACAABA
d)
ABBBAB
62.
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
63.
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

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