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The Landlady Context Clues and Figurative Language

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best definition of swanky as used in the following sentence?

They had porches and pillars and four or five steps going up to their front doors, and it was obvious that once upon a time they had been very swanky residences.

a)

homely

b)

fancy

c)

old

d)

discreet

2.

There was a vase of yellow chrysanthemums, tall and beautiful, standing just underneath the notice.

Which word would BEST replace chrysanthemums?

a)

plants

b)

flowers

c)

animals

d)

birds

3.

Which best defines congenial as used in the sentence?

On the other hand, a pub would be more congenial than a boarding house.

a)

Pleasant

b)

Strict

c)

Cheaper

d)

Fancy

4.

Which best defines rapacious as used in the sentence below?

The name itself conjured up images of watery cabbage, rapacious landladies, and a powerful smell of kippers in the living room.

a)

greedy

b)

generous

c)

pretty

d)

ugly

5.

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

But this dame was like a jack in the box.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

6.

What type of figurative language is the phrase "it rings a bell"?

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

7.

What type of figurative language is used here?

As though they were both famous for the same sort of thing, if you see what I mean - like...like Dempsey and Tunney or Churchill and Roosevelt.

a)

Allusion

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

8.

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

There is nothing more tantalizing than a thing like this which lingers just outside the borders of one's memory.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

9.

Which of the following is a synonym of the word emanates?

Now and again, he caught a whiff of a peculiar smell that seemed to emanate directly from her person.

a)

emit

b)

flow into

c)

remit

d)

reduce

10.

Which of the following is an antonym of the word lapsed?

He waited for her to say something else, but she seemed to have lapsed into another one of her silences.

a)

Improved

b)

Fallen

c)

Declined

d)

sunk

11.
The light from the lighthouse _________________ over the dark sea.
a)
emanate
b)
emanated
c)
dithers
d)
vexed
12.
Heat is ______________ from this fire.
a)
emanating
b)
inclining
c)
tantalizing
13.
"Don't ____________ in the cold trying to make a decision! I'ts cold out there!" the grandma called to her little grandson who couldn't decide if he wanted to come inside yet.
a)
wary
b)
vexed
c)
emanate
d)
dither
14.
It seems like people who are wealthy have a lot of ____________________ cars.
a)
wary
b)
swanky
c)
emanate
d)
vexed
15.

He seemed weird but the strangest thing about this _______ man was his clothing

a)

peculiar

b)

earnest

c)

swanky

d)

ugly

16.

The family could no longer afford the apartment when the _____ landlord raised the rent again.

a)

earnest

b)

dithering

c)

swanky

d)

rapacious

17.

The magician was able to ____ a rabit out of a hat.

a)

tantalize

b)

emanate

c)

rapacious

d)

conjure

18.

That man was so angry you could almost see the anger _____ from his body.

a)

conjure

b)

tantalize

c)

emanate

d)

blemish

19.

While Hank pretends to be _________ in public, in private he is an unpleasant man who bullies others to get his way.

a)

Emanating

b)

Congenial

c)

Rapacious

d)

Swanky

20.

My __________ mother is convinced that we have to release every spider we come across back outside, lest it intentionally come back and lay its eggs in our house.

a)

Dotty

b)

Brisk

c)

Facade

d)

Swanky