WorksheetsThe Great Migration Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a synonym for Barren?
productive
hungry
deserted
exciting
What does the word guardian mean?
leader
protector
buyer
prisoner
What is does exodus mean?
multitude
expressway
departure
staircase
A series of words that begin with the same initial consonant sound
Simile
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Idiom
A word that is spelled like the noise it makes
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Why did African Americans leave everything behind in order to head north?
Better housing
More opportunities
The south was making them leave
Education was better
What is the main idea?
What the author wants you to know about a story
The life lesson of a story
A quote pulled directly from the text
An illustration that sums up the text
What is the purpose of supporting details?
To be the main idea
To show what you're saying is false
To hold up the main idea (table legs)
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
You are my sunshine.
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Ontomontopoeia
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
It's raining cats and dogs!
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
We waited in the lunch line all day.
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Simile
Idiom
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
The thunder clapped overhead.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
I went to Dunkin Donuts for coffee this morning.
Alliteration
Personification
Idiom
Simile
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
He is as fast as a rabbit!
Personification
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
Name that figurative language/figure of speech!
The leaves danced in the wind.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Personification
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
Idiom
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
A comparison of two unlike objects using like or as
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
A comparison of two unlike objects with an explanation. Clue words: is, was, were, because, became
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Alliteration
A group of words that means something other than what they actually mean. Typically a cliche phrase.
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Idiom
Giving human qualities or traits to non-human things.
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
