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Figurative Language Review Tone and Mood

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison using "like" or "as"
b)
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
c)
A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
d)
An extreme exaggeration
2.
Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?
a)
Boom!
b)
No!
c)
Yes!
d)
Go!
3.
What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
When a group of of words all start with the same sound.
b)
When words sound like what they mean.
c)
An extreme exaggeration 
d)
A comparison 
4.
'The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Joan jogged down the path with Rex at her side and smiled about last night's victory.' What's the tone?
a)
cheerful
b)
depressing
c)
determined
d)
suspenseful
5.
What is the tone of the following sentence?
Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.
a)
angry
b)
witty
c)
suspicious
6.
Which tone is represented in the following passage?
"Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!"
a)
Annoying
b)
Excited
c)
Calm
d)
Scary
7.

What is the Figurative Language and Tone in the Lyrics Below?


"What you don't understand is I'd catch a grenade for you. Throw my hand on a blade for you. I'd jump in front of a train for you." -Bruno Mars

a)

Desperate tone and a hyperbole

b)

Loving tone and a hyperbole

c)

Angry tone and a simile

d)

Loving tone and a metaphor

8.

What is the tone and figurative language below?


"Everybody loves to root for a nuisance

Hit the Earth like an asteroid

Did nothing but shoot for the Moon since " -Eminem

a)

The tone is upset and the figurative language is a hyperbole.

b)

The tone is confident and the figurative language is a simile.

c)

The tone is angry and the figurative language is a metaphor.

d)

The tone is excited and the figurative language is personification.

9.
What is figurative language?
a)

Language not to be taken literally.

b)
Languge that means exactly what's said.
10.

What type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two usually unlike things.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

11.

What type of figurative language is a direct comparison and compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

12.

Life is a roller coaster ride.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

13.

An extravagant, big over exaggeration to emphasize a point.

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idioms

14.

The siblings fought like cats and dogs.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

15.

Uses extreme exaggeration.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

16.

The lightning danced across the sky during the storm.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

17.

"Her eyes were a deep ocean filled with endless mystery." This is an example of ____________________.

a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Structure
18.

After the Vietnam War, thousands left Vietnam. Had they stayed, the new government would have imprisoned them--or worse. Governor Robert Ray of Iowa was one of the first to come to their aid. He welcomed 1,500 Vietnamese immigrants to Iowa. No wonder Iowa is called the "heartland" of America!

In what was is "heartland" a play on words in this passage?

a)

heartland is used to mean "heart-shaped land" and "spirit"

b)

heartland is used to mean "in the middle of" and "land of love".

c)

heartland is used to mean "the most important part" and "encouraging."

19.
Why do people use figurative language?
a)

To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasize an idea and make a point.

b)
To be grammatically correct.
c)
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
d)

Because Singers use it in their songs. 

20.

In India's caste system, untouchable's are considered to be lower than dirt. Untouchables were not allowed to touch members of other classes or enter their houses. Nor could they draw from the same wells. In some areas, untouchables were not allowed to cast their shadow upon anyone outside their class.

What does the underlined word mean?

a)

being an untouchable was as low as one could get

b)

untouchable were low, but dirty people were lower

c)

untouchables lived below ground

21.

Giving human characteristics to ideas and things.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

22.

“Cars come and go like frantic ants.

a)

personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Allusion

23.
What is an idiom?
a)
The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.
b)
An exaggeration.
c)
Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. 
d)
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning. 
e)

I do not know

24.
Do we use our 5 senses in imagery: smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
I don't know
d)
maybe
25.
How does imagery help us understand the story?
a)
It doesn't
b)
By expressing how the author is feeling
c)
Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
d)
By telling the mood
26.
What is the "mood" of  a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
27.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
28.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor