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M:P Ela Test 3/23/23

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is imagery?

a)

Words that best describes something

b)

The funny and silly child

c)

Words that doesn't describe something

d)

Words that aren't meant to be taken literally

2.

A play on words is

(a)  

3.

Words that are not meant to be taken literally is

(a)  

4.

Personification is...

a)

Giving human characteristics to something non-human

b)

Saying the opposite of what you mean

c)

Exaggerating what you're saying

d)

Using word play as a joke

5.

When something takes on a deeper meaning or idea.

{Figurative language }

a)

Symbolism

b)

Imagery

c)

Symbol

d)

Metaphor

6.

What figurative language is this?

{Hint the picture says "Boom!"}

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Allusion

c)

Idiom

d)

Oxymoron

e)

Metaphor

7.

What do you get when you put a clock on a belt?

A waste of time!

a)

Allusion

b)

Pun

c)

A Practical Joke

d)

Idiom

8.

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Oxymoron

9.

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Oxymoron

10.

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopeia

d)

Alliteration

11.

...the sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever.

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

12.

Hyperbole is...

a)

An extreme exaggeration

b)

Giving human characteristics to something non-human

c)

Saying the opposite of what you mean

d)

Using words that all have the same starting sound

13.

An Idiom is...

a)

a phrase that creates it's own meaning

b)

A group of words that all start with the same sound

c)

A word that sounds like what it represents

d)

An extreme exaggeration

14.

A metaphor...

a)

Compares 2 things using "like" or "as"

b)

Compares 2 things without using "like" or "as"

c)

Giving human characteristics to something non-human.

d)

Is word play or a joke

15.
This is an example of.. 
a)
a pun on words
b)
an idiom
c)
a hyperbole
d)
a metaphor
16.

Definition: words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"

a)

irony

b)

imagery

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

repetition

17.

When words sound like their meaning they are using...

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Analogy

d)

Oxymoron

18.

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

buzz

b)

meow

c)

book

d)

splat

19.

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

a)

Similie

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

Metaphor

20.

Using extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

21.

When a word sounds like its meaning.

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

22.

She was a Good Samaritan when she helped the old lady.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Allusion

23.

When words sound like their meaning they are using...

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Analogy

d)

Oxymoron

24.

The fire hungrily devoured everything in its path.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Allusion

25.

Which one if your favorite?