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root, prefix, figurative language

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name

Class

Date

1.

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; commonly known as figures of speech is called

a)

simile

b)

figurative language

c)

hyperbole

2.

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

3.

A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' is called

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

4.

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called

a)

allusion

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

5.

a reference to a person, place or event from history, literature, sports or the arts is called

a)

allusion

b)

metaphor

c)

idiom

6.

A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

onomatopoeia

7.

Words that imitate sounds

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopeia

c)

alliteration

8.

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

idiom

9.

A comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

10.

This is a picture of an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

11.

This is a picture of a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

12.

This is a picture of the cloud having human qualities...remember the cloud isn't human. What word is this?

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

idiom

13.

-an

a)

relating to, a person with a certain skill

b)

an act, state, or condition of

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

14.

-ian

a)

relating to, a person with a certain skill

b)

an act, state, or condition of

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

15.

-ence

a)

relating to, a person with a certain skill

b)

an act, state, or condition of

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

16.

-ance

a)

self, same

b)

an act, state, or condition of

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

17.

-ship

a)

self, same

b)

an act, state, or condition of

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

18.

-able

a)

self, same

b)

an act, state, or condition of

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

19.

-ible

a)

written, drawn

b)

hundred

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

20.

medi

a)

written, drawn

b)

hundred

c)

can be done

d)

in the middle, between

21.

semi-

a)

written, drawn

b)

hundred

c)

can be done

d)

half

22.

cent

a)

written, drawn

b)

hundred

c)

can be done

d)

half

23.

deca-

a)

written, drawn

b)

hundred

c)

ten

d)

half

24.

deci-

a)

written, drawn

b)

hundred

c)

ten

d)

half

25.

kilo-

a)

thousand

b)

hundred

c)

ten

d)

half

26.

milli-

a)

thousand

b)

hundred

c)

ten

d)

half

27.

mille-

a)

thousand

b)

hundred

c)

ten

d)

half

28.

sub-

a)

thousand

b)

under

c)

ten

d)

half

29.

super-

a)

over, above, higher in quality or quantity

b)

under

c)

ten

d)

half

30.

auto-

a)

over, above, higher in quality or quantity

b)

under

c)

self, same

d)

half

31.

man-

a)

over, above, higher in quality or quantity

b)

under

c)

hand

d)

hunder

32.

graph

a)

over, above, higher in quality or quantity

b)

under

c)

written, drawn

d)

hunder

33.

gram

a)

over, above, higher in quality or quantity

b)

under

c)

written, drawn

d)

hunder

34.

auto means...

a)

self

b)

against

c)

one

d)

faith

e)

time

35.

bi means...

a)

two

b)

before

c)

three

d)

above

e)

many

36.

circum means...

a)

around

b)

not

c)

three

d)

lead

e)

bend

37.

co,con,com means...

a)

with

b)

not

c)

above

d)

about

e)

say

38.

contra means...

a)

against

b)

for

c)

the

d)

time

e)

hand

39.

de means...

a)

opposite

b)

there

c)

above

d)

bend

e)

hear

40.

dis means...

a)

reverse/opposite

b)

after

c)

back/again

d)

not

e)

write

41.

e, ex means..

a)

out

b)

in

c)

time

d)

self

e)

thought

42.

en, em means...

a)

cause to

b)

one

c)

earth

d)

all

e)

send

43.

in, im, il, ir means...

a)

not

b)

between

c)

three

d)

above

e)

have

44.

inter means...

a)

between

b)

self

c)

say

d)

thought

e)

order

45.

macro means...

a)

larger

b)

any

c)

empty

d)

see

e)

order

46.

micro means...

a)

small

b)

larger

c)

say

d)

not

e)

feel

47.

mid means...

a)

middle

b)

self

c)

send

d)

light

e)

feel

48.

mis means...

a)

wrongly

b)

after

c)

love

d)

look

e)

empty

49.

mono means...

a)

one

b)

across

c)

hand

d)

carry

e)

feel

50.

non means...

a)

not

b)

believe

c)

carry

d)

bend

e)

write

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