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ELA GMAS Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a metaphor

a)

describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true,

b)

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

c)

A word

d)

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind,

2.

She is as thin as a rake.


What two pictures are being compared?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

Check all responses that ARE similes.

a)

Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.

b)

Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.

c)

I like to eat steak and potatoes.

d)

He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.

e)

He is as fast as a cheetah.

4.

a comparison using like or as

a)

similie

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

onomatopoeia

5.

Claiming that someone has a "Midas Touch" is:

a)

hyperbole

b)

similie

c)

foreshadowing

d)

allusion

6.

When we know something a character doesnt...

a)

hyperbole

b)

dramatic irony

c)

foreshadowing

d)

oxymoron

7.

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

a)

allusion

b)

symbolism

c)

similie

d)

personification

8.

This character is

a)

Protagonist

b)

Antagonist

c)

Literary Foil

d)

Comic Relief

9.

an extreme exaggeration

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

10.

This is...

a)

allusion

b)

alliteration

c)

anomaly

d)

analogy

11.

Identify the gerunds (check three):

Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.

a)

acting

b)

keeping

c)

coughing

d)

art

12.

What is the gerund in this sentence: Josiah and Ama were waiting patiently for the reading of the will.

a)

waiting

b)

reading

c)

were

d)

patiently

13.

Gerunds look like what?

a)

to + verb

b)

end in ONLY -ing

c)

end in -ing AND -ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings

d)

none of the above

14.

Which word is acting as a gerund?

Swimming is her favorite sport.

a)

favorite

b)

sport

c)

her

d)

swimming

15.

Identify the gerund.

Reading is an important skill.

a)

Reading

b)

an

c)

important

d)

skill

16.
Jo practices singing daily.
a)
Verb 
b)
Participle 
c)
Gerund 
17.
The moving van was late.
a)
Verb 
b)
Participle 
c)
Gerund 
18.

What is a example of Hyperbole

a)

friend

b)

speaker

c)

Im so hungry, i could eat a horse

d)

Kill two birds with one stone

19.

Which word is the gerund?

I am interested in hiring someone to replace the gutters on my house

a)

I am interested

b)

hiring

c)

someone

d)

replace

20.

Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:

Reading is an important skill.

a)

subject

b)

object of the preposition

c)

direct object

d)

predicate noun