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English quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As the sky cried with rain, the earth gathered each and every tear that was shed.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

2.

True or False?

The protagonist is the villain/problem in the story.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The point of view where the author narrates the story referring to characters by their names.

(a)  

4.

Write an example of a hyperbole.

4 lines
5.

What are the key words used for a 1st-person narrative?

a)

I

b)

Me

c)

You

d)

We

6.

What defines the author's tone?

a)

The general way the author expresses their attitude in their writing

b)

The overall topic, message, or moral of a narrative writing

c)

The feeling the author shows in the narrative, creating the atmosphere

d)

The writer reveals the personality of a character

7.

Which is a simile?

a)

Her hands are ballerinas

b)

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

c)

The sun smiled at me

d)

He was as noisy as an elephant

8.

Write a sentence using imagery.

4 lines
9.

Which is alliteration?

a)

Her eyes lit up like fire

b)

Her eyes are deep blue and her lips were blood red

c)

As strong as a lion

d)

She sells seashells by the sea-shore

10.

What are examples of metaphors?

a)

The snow is a white blanket

b)

The falling snowflakes are dancers

c)

She is graceful like a hummingbird

d)

He is a shining star

11.

What is the antagonist?

a)

Works towards the central goals of the story (hero)

b)

Works against the goals of the story (villain)

12.

Which is the end of the plot

a)

expedition

b)

climax

c)

resolution

d)

rising action

13.

Which is the beginning of the plot

a)

expedition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

falling action

14.

Which is the intense part of the plot/turning point

a)

rising action

b)

resolution

c)

Climax

d)

falling action

15.

What is an idiom

a)

a phrase or expression whose meaning can't be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it

b)

a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens

c)

when an object, person, place, or thing stands for more than what it actually is

d)

a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

16.

Write an example of an idiom

(all eyes on me!)

4 lines
17.

What is an example of irony?

a)

I've got your back

b)

A marriage counselor gets a divorce

c)

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

d)

The flavors danced on my tongue

18.

Write an example of irony.

4 lines
19.

What is symbolism?

a)

repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words in proximity to each other within a line of poetry or prose

b)

pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory

c)

a sound device where the words sound like their meaning, or mimic sounds

d)

occurs when a word has its own meaning but is used to represent something entirely different

20.

Write an example of symbolism

(she was living her life in chains)

4 lines