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FIgurative Language Review

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The main reason WHY someone wrote a text.

a)

claim

b)

main idea

c)

author's purpose

d)

plot

2.

Repeating the beginning consonant sound in a series of word. (Robert wore a ruby red robe.)

a)

alliteration

b)

imagery

c)

allusion

d)

stanza

3.

The feeling the reader gets from the author's words.

a)

tone

b)

claim

c)

conflict

d)

mood

4.

The author's attitude toward a subject.

a)

allusion

b)

genre

c)

tone

d)

mood

5.

The author's main point or opinion.

a)

conflict

b)

textual evidence

c)

claim

d)

genre

6.

A group of lines in a poem.

a)

plot

b)

theme

c)

stanza

d)

setting

7.

What happens in the story; the action,

a)

conflict

b)

plot

c)

genre

d)

textual evidence

8.

A type or category of writing, such as novel, comedy, short story, science fiction, etc.

a)

theme

b)

alliteration

c)

mood

d)

genre

9.

What the text is mostly about.

a)

plot

b)

central (or main) idea

c)

imagery

d)

textual evidence

10.

The main struggle or problem the characters face.

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

conflict

d)

plot

11.

Words that paint a picture in readers' mind.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

plot

d)

imagery

12.

Details from the text that support the main idea or answer a question.

a)

textual evidence

b)

claim

c)

author's purpose

d)

stanza

13.

A life lesson we can learn from reading a story or a poem.

a)

allusion

b)

author's purpose

c)

theme

d)

claim

14.

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, book, movie, speech, or document.

a)

textual evidence

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

d)

stanza

15.

Details from the text that support the main idea or answer a question.

a)

textual evidence

b)

claim

c)

mood

d)

tone

16.

Details from the text that support the main idea or answer a question.

a)

textual evidence

b)

claim

c)

mood

d)

tone

17.
 The influence or change
a)
author's purpose
b)
affect
c)
character
d)
claim
18.
The reason an author decides to write about a certain topic (PIE) 
a)
author's purpose
b)
central idea
c)
summary
d)
contribute
19.
A statement that something is true, even though it has not been proved.
a)
contrast
b)
fiction
c)
claim
claim
d)
convey
20.
To examine two or more things in order to show how they are alike or different. 
a)
contribute
b)
impact
c)
quote
d)
compare
21.
To compare two things and see how different they are
a)
contrast
b)
impact
c)
infer
d)
mood
22.
Help to make something happen
a)
evidence
b)
refer
c)
simile
d)
contribute

contribute

contribute

contribute
contribute
23.
A serious argument about something
a)
heading
b)
plot
c)
point of view
d)
controversey
controversey
24.
To communicate; to show; to make known
a)
imagery
b)
speaker
c)
tone
d)
convey
25.
Vivid and specific language that helps someone imagine a scene he/she didn't witness
a)
descriptive language
b)
theme
c)
SWBST
d)
refer
26.
A conversation in a book, play, or film
a)
heading
b)
evidence
c)
dialogue
d)
quote
27.
A one sentence summary of the text (5 W's & H)
a)
dialogue
b)
irrelevant
c)
mood
d)
central idea

central idea
central idea
28.
Proof or facts
a)
evidence
b)
fiction 
c)
setting
d)
stanza
29.
The actors in a story
a)
Ms. Haynes
b)
plot 
c)
character
d)
selection
30.
Made up, fake
a)
fiction

fiction

fiction
fiction
b)
heading
c)
plot
d)
THIEVES
31.
A comparison using "like" or "as"
a)
metaphor
b)
mood
c)
simile

simile
simile
d)
tone
32.
How a text makes you feel
a)
tone 
b)
point of view
c)
mood
d)
theme
33.
The author's attitude
a)
mood
b)
tone
tone
tone
c)
infer
d)
theme
theme
34.
The structure of the story
a)
imagery
b)
support
c)
plot
d)
setting
35.
 The vantage point from which a story is told (who is telling the story)
a)
quote
b)
theme
c)
point of view
d)
speaker
36.
A SHORT statement that gives the main information about something
a)
support
b)
quote
c)
summary

summary

summary
summary
d)
stanza
37.
Which  statement  best summarizes paragraph ___?
a)
Main Ideal
b)
Detail
c)
Theme
d)
Context Clue
38.
What is the moral of the story?
a)
Detail Question
b)
Theme
c)
main idea
d)
Inference
39.
Sequencing
a)
Context Clues Question
b)
Inference Question
c)
Detail Question
d)
Main Idea Questions
40.
Which answer best explains what happened?
a)
Theme
b)
Context Clues
c)
Inference Question
d)
Detail Question
41.
What can you conclude?
a)
Context Clues
b)
Main Idea
c)
Inferencing 
d)
Theme
42.
What lesson is the author trying to teach.
a)
Theme
b)
Main Idea
c)
Inferences
d)
Style
43.
What most likely will happen?
a)
Detail Questions
b)
Inferences
c)
Context Clues
d)
Theme
44.
What's another good title for this selection?
a)
Main Idea
b)
Context Clues
c)
Inferencing Question
d)
Theme
45.
Which idea in the story can you relate to everyday?
a)
Main Idea Question
b)
Context Clues Question
c)
Detail Question
d)
Theme Questions
46.
In what year did he become president?
a)
Detail Question
b)
Main Idea Question
c)
Theme Question
d)
Context Clue Question
47.
exaggeration
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
onomatopeia
d)
key idea
48.
imitates sounds
a)
imagery
b)
metaphor
c)
onomatopeia
d)
claim
49.
main point of a text
a)
claim
b)
support
c)
key idea
d)
summary
50.
language that creates a picture in your mind
a)
context clues
b)
alliteration
c)
idiom
d)
imagery
51.
comparison using like or as
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
hyperbole
d)
figurative language
52.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
a)
simile
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
53.
meaning found through other words in a sentence
a)
idiom
b)
personification
c)
claim
d)
context clues
54.
strong belief or idea
a)
claim
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopeia
d)
figurative language
55.
idiom
a)
says one thing means another
b)
hyperbole
c)
support
d)
context clues
56.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
key idea
d)
metaphor
57.
His hair was like moldy hay.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
summary
58.
details that agree with the claim
a)
key idea
b)
claim
c)
support
d)
context clues
59.
word play
a)
claim
b)
figurative language
c)
key idea
d)
context clue
60.
He's as big as a whale.
a)
onomatopeia
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
61.
two characters talking
a)
dialogue
b)
summary
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
sequence
62.
How the author feels about the text subject
a)
dialogue
b)
tone
c)
summary
d)
mood
63.
universal truth or lesson of a text
a)
theme
b)
key idea
c)
summary
d)
detail
64.
order in which events are presented
a)
theme
b)
situational irony
c)
sequence
d)
tone
65.
the opposite of what is expected
a)
tone
b)
irrelevent
c)
situational irony
d)
dialogue
66.
How the reader feels about the text
a)
tone
b)
sequence
c)
situational irony
d)
mood
67.
not important to the main idea
a)
central idea
b)
irrelevant
c)
claim
d)
support
68.
effect on things
a)
impact
b)
detail
c)
cause
d)
tone
69.
action that makes something else happen
a)
anecdote
b)
impact
c)
cause
d)
inference
70.
one item point
a)
dialogue
b)
impact
c)
detail
d)
inference
71.
conclusion based on evidence
a)
inference
b)
impact
c)
theme
d)
key idea

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