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Figurative language and imagery in poetry

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Describes something non-human with human qualities
a)
Internal Rhyme
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
2.
An exaggerated statement
a)
rhyme
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
hyperbole
3.
A word that sounds like the noise it describes
a)
hyperbole
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
assonance
d)
simile
4.
Comparing using like or as
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Personification
5.
A reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two
a)
alliteration
b)
allusion
c)
acrostic
d)
internal rhyme
6.
Compares two different things saying the one is the other--does not use like or as to compare
a)
alliteration
b)
rhyme
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
7.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
Her ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
assonance
d)
simile
8.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
My Aunt Sherry is so tight with her money, that everyone in the family calls her Scrooge.
a)
narrative
b)
personification
c)
assonance
d)
allusion
9.

What is the term for the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?

a)

stanza

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

optical illusion

d)

imagery

10.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The engine purred like a contented cat.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
assonance
11.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The morning sun smiled down on the children.
a)
rhyme
b)
assonance
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
12.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
Her hair is a shimmering waterfall.
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
rhyme
d)
metaphor
13.
The example highlighted below is an example of?
The leaves danced in the wind.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
rhyme
d)
alliteration
14.

A technique that uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Irony

c)

Tone

d)

Metaphor

15.

Audience knows more about a situation or event than the characters do

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Verbal Ironly

d)

Transitional Irony

16.

When you expect one thing, but the opposite happens

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Transitional Irony

17.

“In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes, For they in thee a thousand errors note,” (Shakespeare)


The figurative language is..

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

18.

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink.

(Samuel Taylor Coleridge)


The figurative language is ..

a)

Irony

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

19.

“We spoke all night in toungues,

in fingertips, in teeth” (Robert Hass)


The figurative language is ...

a)

metaphor

b)

synecdoche

c)

irony

d)

simile

20.
One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.  Which sense does this describe?
a)

gustatory

b)

visual

c)

olfactory

d)

tactile

21.
Which on of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.
a)

gustatory

b)

tactile

c)

visual

d)

auditory

22.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?   
My fingers lingered on the familiar leaves....
a)

visual

b)

tactile

c)

kinesthetic

d)

olfactory

23.
The car squeaked every time I hit a road bump.  Which sense am I describing?
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

gustatory

24.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.  Which sense is being described?
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

kinesthetic

25.
This sentence appeals to which sense:

The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
a)

gustatory

b)

auditory

c)

visual

d)

olfactory

26.
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white”
a)

visual

b)

olfactory

c)

gustatory

d)

subjective

27.
“He shrieked and screamed and rolled around,”
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

organic

28.
“There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there,”
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

organic

29.
“And he lets out a roar If you open the door,”
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

kinesthetic

30.
“Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too, Over the sun and beyond the blue,”
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

subjective

31.
“And then one day he took a bit And started chewing with delight, But found his mouth was stuck quite tight From that last bite of peanut-butter sandwich,”
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

subjective

32.
The aroma of chocolate filled the air.
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

organic

33.
The pants tumbled in the washing machine, just as I do when I am caught in an ocean wave. 
a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

olfactory

d)

kinesthetic

34.

When Fall comes knocking on my door,
And the maples turn once more.
A breeze sings sweetly through the glen,
And the cranes return like friends.
The first line contains ______.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

35.

When Fall comes knocking on my door,

And the maples turn once more.

A breeze sings sweetly through the glen,

And the cranes return like friends.

The 4th line contains ______.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

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