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The Great Migration Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a synonym for Barren?

a)

productive

b)

hungry

c)

deserted

d)

exciting

2.

What does the word guardian mean?

a)

leader

b)

protector

c)

buyer

d)

prisoner

3.

What is does exodus mean?

a)

multitude

b)

expressway

c)

departure

d)

staircase

4.

A series of words that begin with the same initial consonant sound

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

5.

A word that is spelled like the noise it makes

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

6.

Why did African Americans leave everything behind in order to head north?

a)

Better housing

b)

More opportunities

c)

The south was making them leave

d)

Education was better

7.

What is the main idea?

a)

What the author wants you to know about a story

b)

The life lesson of a story

c)

A quote pulled directly from the text

d)

An illustration that sums up the text

8.

What is the purpose of supporting details?

a)

To be the main idea

b)

To show what you're saying is false

c)

To hold up the main idea (table legs)

9.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

You are my sunshine.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Ontomontopoeia

10.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

It's raining cats and dogs!

a)

Metaphor

b)

Idiom

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

11.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

We waited in the lunch line all day.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

12.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

The thunder clapped overhead.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

13.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

I went to Dunkin Donuts for coffee this morning.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

14.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

He is as fast as a rabbit!

a)

Personification

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

15.

Name that figurative language/figure of speech!

The leaves danced in the wind.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Personification

16.

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

Idiom

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

17.

A comparison of two unlike objects using like or as

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

18.

A comparison of two unlike objects with an explanation. Clue words: is, was, were, because, became

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

19.

A group of words that means something other than what they actually mean. Typically a cliche phrase.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Idiom

20.

Giving human qualities or traits to non-human things.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Idiom