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Language Features

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

'Life is a roller coaster' is an example of what feature...

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Emotive Language

2.

'The house was dark, cold and mysterious' is an example of what technique?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Triple / Rule of Three

c)

Statistics

d)

Verbs

3.
Early bird gets the worm
a)
Cliche
b)
Satire
c)
Metaphor
d)
Hyperbole
4.

Which one is an oxymoron?

a)

Silences is golden

b)

It was silent as soon as the teacher walked in

c)

A deafening silence hit the room

d)

"Be silent" yelled the teacher

5.

'Why wouldn't you recycle and help the planet?' is an example of what language feature?

a)

Statistics

b)

List

c)

Simile

d)

Rhetorical question

6.

A simile is a comparison of two different things using like or as.

a)

True

b)

False

7.
The feeling or atmosphere created by the author's word choice, language, or descriptive details.
a)
mood
b)
rhythm
c)
theme
d)
assonance
8.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

An extreme exaggeration

b)

A little exaggeration

c)

Similar sounds

d)

Compares two things using like or as

9.

Choose the language feature used in the following: "A click of breaking branches"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

10.
Is this an imperative sentence?
We had so much fun today!
a)
Imperative
b)
Not Imperative
11.

Tick which one uses assonance

a)

Hear the mellow wedding bells

b)

She didn't start the fire

c)

A fiery furnace raged over the hills

d)

The cup shattered on the floor

12.

Choose the language feature used in the following: "It sounded big."

"Everything sounds big in the woods."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Repetition

13.

What are the 5 main senses that imagery can appeal to?

a)

Sound

Sight

Smell

Taste

Tingling

b)

Sound

Sight

Smell

Taste

Touch

c)

Sound

Sensation

Smell

Taste

Tingling

d)

Sound

Simile

Smell

Taste

Touch

14.
"She soothed her secret sorrow." Choose the best answer: What figurative language device is being used in this sentence? 
a)
Alliteration 
b)
Personification 
c)
Hyperbole 
d)
Metaphor 
15.

A device where seemingly opposite words are placed together for effect

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Pun

d)

Euphemism

16.
The writer's attitude toward the subject or audience.
a)
rhythm
b)
theme
c)
tone
d)
stanza
17.
"How'd you get the new phone?"
"It just fell off the back of a truck."
a)
euphemism
b)
paradox
c)
metaphor
d)
imperative
18.
Does this sign show an imperative sentence
a)
No
b)
Yes
19.

Which one is hyperbole?

a)

If you don't do your homework you'll be in trouble

b)

If you don't do your homework you'll get a detention

c)

If you don't do your homework you'll fall behind

d)

If you don't do your homework you'll be a dead man

20.

The acronym SHAMPOO stands for what examples of figurative language

a)

Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

b)

Symbolism

Hyperbole

Allusion

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metalanguage

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

d)

Simile

Hyperbole

Allusion

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron