WorksheetsELA GMAS Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is a metaphor
describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true,
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
A word
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind,
She is as thin as a rake.
What two pictures are being compared?
Check all responses that ARE similes.
Watching this movie is like watching grass grow.
Those kids are fighting like cats and dogs.
I like to eat steak and potatoes.
He should have threw it away as he walked by the trash can.
He is as fast as a cheetah.
a comparison using like or as
similie
metaphor
allusion
onomatopoeia
Claiming that someone has a "Midas Touch" is:
hyperbole
similie
foreshadowing
allusion
When we know something a character doesnt...
hyperbole
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
oxymoron
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
allusion
symbolism
similie
personification
This character is
Protagonist
Antagonist
Literary Foil
Comic Relief
an extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
idiom
metaphor
personification
This is...
allusion
alliteration
anomaly
analogy
Identify the gerunds (check three):
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
acting
keeping
coughing
art
What is the gerund in this sentence: Josiah and Ama were waiting patiently for the reading of the will.
waiting
reading
were
patiently
Gerunds look like what?
to + verb
end in ONLY -ing
end in -ing AND -ed/-nt/other past tense verb endings
none of the above
Which word is acting as a gerund?
Swimming is her favorite sport.
favorite
sport
her
swimming
Identify the gerund.
Reading is an important skill.
Reading
an
important
skill
What is a example of Hyperbole
friend
speaker
Im so hungry, i could eat a horse
Kill two birds with one stone
Which word is the gerund?
I am interested in hiring someone to replace the gutters on my house
I am interested
hiring
someone
replace
Identify how the underlined gerund is being used in the sentence:
Reading is an important skill.
subject
object of the preposition
direct object
predicate noun
