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WorksheetsFigurative Language Quiz #2
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is an allusion?
A reference to another piece of literature
A direct quote from a famous person
A literal description of an event
A type of figurative language using similes
What is figurative language?
Language that uses literal meanings
Language that uses imaginative comparisons
Language that is grammatically correct
Language that is used in formal writing
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
The sun sparkles like a disco ball
I am hungry enough to eat the fridge
The dog barked loudly
The sky is blue
Which of the following is an example of an allusion?
"Moves like Jagger"
"It was a dark and stormy night"
"I am hungry enough to eat the fridge"
"Jump through hoops"
What is the purpose of using hyperbole?
To make a point through exaggeration
To provide a literal description
To create a rhyme
To address an absent person
What is the best example of an idiom?
"The rain dances sometimes"
"This Quizziz is a piece of cake"
"The Cold Fire was cold"
"This is the beginning of the end"
What does the term "image" refer to in poetry?
A contradiction in terms
A single mental picture created in the reader's mind
The predominant feeling in a poem
A statement with contradictory elements
What is the mood of a poem?
The use of language involving incongruity
The predominant feeling created by the poem
A pair of opposite words
A statement with contradictory elements
How is mood best discovered in a poem?
Through the use of language
By considering the images presented
By identifying contradictions
By analyzing the rhyme scheme
What is situational irony?
When the opposite of what is expected occurs
When the author implies a different meaning than intended
When what is meant is the opposite of what is said
A collection of appeals to the senses
What is the effect of using syntax in poetry?
To confuse the reader
To increase the richness of figurative language
To make the poem longer
To change the poem's theme
Which of the following is an example of a couplet?
A single line of poetry
Two lines of poetry that rhyme
A stanza with four lines
A paragraph of writing
Which of the following is an example of internal rhyme?
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary"
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
"How I wonder what you are"
"Up above the world so high"
What is a refrain in poetry?
A pattern of rhyme in a poem
A repeating set of words or lines
A pattern of sound in a poem
Rhyme that occurs at the ends of verse lines
What is rhythm in poetry?
A pattern of sound in a poem
A repeating set of words or lines
Rhyme that occurs at the ends of verse lines
The pattern of rhyme in a poem
2 lines from from the beginning of Robert Browning's poem "Porphyria's Lover" reads:
"The sullen wind was soon awake,
It tore the elm-tops down for spite"
What is this rhythm (form) identified as?
Iambic Couplet Meter
Iambic Trimeter
Iambic Tetrameter
Iambic Pentameter
