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SOL Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of figurative language gives human characteristics to an animal or object?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

2.

Which type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

3.

Which type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

4.

an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

5.

When two or more words start with the same beginning sound. He bounced the blue ball.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

alliteration

6.

Simile or Metaphor?

My sister is like an angel in my life.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

7.

Which is an example of personification?

a)

I almost melted in the sun.

b)

The sun is like a furnace.

c)

The sun smiled at us

d)

The sun is bright yellow in the blue sky.

8.

Which of these sentences contains personification?

a)

Clouds were strolling through the sky.

b)

The sky was filled with clouds.

c)

Clouds form when moist air rises upwards.

9.

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

hyperbole

10.

Simile or Metaphor?

The book was a spaceship that took him to strange new worlds.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

11.

Simile or Metaphor?

The dark, cold, silent room was a tomb.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

12.
In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
13.

Simile or Metaphor?

The assignment was a breeze.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

14.

Which sentence uses hyperbole?

a)

The soup was so hot my mouth was on fire.

b)

The soup was so hot my eyes watered.

c)

The soup was hot but tasted really good.

d)

The soup was so hot I could not eat it.

15.

The mashed potatoes were a mile high on my plate.

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

16.

The definition of mood is

a)

the overall feelings or emotions in the writer.

b)

hints or clues about what will happen next

c)

overall feelings or emotions that are created in the reader.

17.

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these

Because my love is come to me.


What mood do the details of the poem convey?

a)

Sorrow

b)

Happiness

c)

Excitement

d)

Nervousness

18.

The sickly-sweet armoa of night-blooming jasmine was inescapable.

a)

taste imagery

b)

touch imagery

c)

smell imagery

19.
What is language that describes something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted or smelled (five senses)?
a)
imagery 
b)
plot
c)
conflict
d)
point of view
20.

The air felt chilly, yet refreshing, as the summer breeze blew gently across my face.

a)

touch imagery

b)

sound imagery

c)

sight imagery

21.

Which type of conflict is internal?

a)

individual vs. individual

b)

individual vs. supernatural

c)

individual vs. nature

d)

individual vs. self

22.

Which type of conflict?

A small town is taken hostage by a pack of blood-sucking vampires.

a)

individual vs. supernatural

b)

individual vs. individual

c)

individual vs. technology

d)

individual vs. self

23.

Which type of conflict?


William didn't know if he should tell his mom that Jordan, his brother, was sneaking out at night.

a)

character vs.character

b)

character vs. society

c)

character vs. nature

d)

character vs. self

24.

When the opposite of what would normally be expected occurs

a)

foreshadowing

b)

irony

c)

flashback

d)

omen

25.

Which of the following is an example of situational irony?

a)

a child eating a lollipop

b)

a vegetarian eating tomatoes

c)

a doctor prescribing medicine

d)

a 90-year-old driving a motorcycle

26.

Which of the following best describes verbal irony?

a)

when a twist ending of a story involves character dialogue

b)

when the audience knows something the main character does not

c)

when the result of an event contradicts the expected outcome

d)

when words are used to mean the opposite of their literal meaning

27.

Sarcasm is verbal irony.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Which of the following best describes foreshadowing?

a)

making the story longer or shorter

b)

summarizing the main events in the story

c)

providing clues to what may happen later

29.

Turning point of the story

a)

falling action

b)

exposition

c)

exposition

d)

climax

30.

A problem faced by the main character.

a)

climax

b)

conflict

c)

exposition

d)

symbol

31.

events leading to the the climax

a)

conflict

b)

exposition

c)

falling action

d)

rising action

32.

The exposition

a)

characters and setting

b)

a character changes

c)

the conflict is resolved

d)

tension builds

33.

The ending of a story usually contains the

a)

exposition

b)

rising action

c)

climax

d)

resolution

34.

In a horror movie, the audience sees a monster enter the house while a family quietly eats dinner.

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

35.

I didn't like creeping down the dark alley. From which point of view is this sentence written?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person

36.

We laughed so hard that milk came out of our noses. From which point of view is the sentence written?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person

37.

You should be sure to use the right exit when you leave the building. From which point of view is this sentence

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person

38.

Cynthia and her brother walked home from school this afternoon. From which point of view is this sentence?

a)

first person

b)

second person

c)

third person

39.

When you use details or evidence in a text to draw a conclusion, you ________.

a)

summarize

b)

problem solve

c)

infer

d)

identify the main idea

40.

Your mother is wearing a rain coat. When she comes inside, she puts down an umbrella. The best inference you could make is that

a)

she needs to go grocery shopping

b)

she is picking your brother up from school

c)

it is raining outside.