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American Literature B Final

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Her cheeks were on fire.

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

2.

It is raining cats and dogs.

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

3.

Florida is a million miles away.

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

idiom

d)

simile

4.

It was so hot at Green Lake that the air was sweating.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

5.

Sally Sells Sea Shells by the sea shore.

what is this?

a)

Personifcation

b)

Alliteration

c)

Hyperbole

d)

None of the above

6.

The feather danced across the room what.

what is this?

a)

Personification

b)

metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Similie

7.

What does "the feather danced across the room" mean?

a)

The feather was heavy and stuck in one place.

b)

The feather moved about the room freely.

c)

The feather was beautiful like a dancer.

d)

There is no feather.

8.
The assignment was a breeze is an example of a(n)...
a)
Metaphor 
b)
Simile 
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia 
9.

What does it mean if an assignment is a breeze?

a)

The assignment feels good on your skin.

b)

The assignment is easy.

c)

The assignment is soft and a little chilly.

d)

None of the above.

10.

He is a wall when he plays linebacker.

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personficiation

e)

onomatopeia

11.

Why compare a linebacker to a wall?

a)

The linebacker is made of concrete.

b)

The linebacker is made of drywall.

c)

The linebacker is solidly built.

d)

The linebacker is hard to see over.

12.

Which type of figurative language is this:

The mom was a real bear when she didn't get her coffee in the morning.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Similie

c)

Pun

d)

Personification

13.

Which type of figurative language is this:

The student said, "Great I'm late again" as she walked into the classroom.

a)

Pun

b)

Metaphor

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Paradox

14.

Which type of figurative language is this:

I'm going to call it a night.

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Idiom

c)

Simili

d)

Parodox

15.

Which type of figurative language is this example?
"The bulldog's bark was like a booming bass drum."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

16.

The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers. What is being personified?

a)

The gardener

b)

The flowers

c)

The crops

17.
The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung. 
What is the onomatopoeia?
a)
lung
b)
hacking
c)
patient
18.

  • The pitter-patter of paws echoed down the hallway and woke me from my sleep.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

19.

You stole the forbidden fruit when you took his candy.

a)

idiom

b)

understatement

c)

irony

d)

allusion

20.

A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets.

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

21.

In the Disney movie Mulan, everyone thinks she is a man, but only the audience (and Mushu) know she is actually a woman.

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irony

22.

What type of figurative language is this?

Simone is a good swimmer, but she's no Ariel.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)
hyperbole
23.

I'm dying to see that movie.

What does this mean?

a)
I can wait a little longer.
b)
I don't want to see the movie.
c)
I'm excited about seeing the movie.
24.

The fog was a blanket covering the road.

What does this mean?

a)
It was a clear, sunny day.
b)
The fog was thick.
c)
The fog was comfortable and cozy.
25.

Kiara clammed up when she thought others would tease her about her ideas.

What does this mean?

a)

Kiara kept her ideas to herself.

b)

Kiara enjoyed fishing.

c)

Kiara spoke freely.

26.
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 Beyonce uses it in her songs. 
27.

Which of the following is NOT a simile? (Select All That Apply)

a)

The moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

b)

The fog crept in on little cat feet.

c)

Life is a rollercoaster.

d)

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

28.

"The baby was as pudgy as a marshmallow and had giant brown eyes" is an example of which figurative language ?

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Imagery

d)

Juxtaposition

29.

Figurative language can be found in.....

a)

Short stories

b)

Poetry

c)

Speeches

d)

All of the above

30.

"She is a famous star on Broadway" is an example of which figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

None

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

31.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom....." is an example of which figurative language ?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Imagery

c)

Alliteration

d)

Anaphora

32.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor in poetry? a) The wind whispered through the trees b) The sun is a golden ball c) The waves danced on the shore

a)

d

b)

a

c)

b

d)

c

33.

What effect does repetition have in poetry?

a)

Repetition in poetry has no effect.

b)

Repetition in poetry confuses the reader.

c)

Repetition in poetry creates emphasis, rhythm, and a sense of unity.

d)

Repetition in poetry disrupts the flow and structure.

34.

Conveys the opposite of what is said.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Irony

d)

Personification

35.

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Marc Antony gives a speech in which he repeatedly refers to Brutus as "an honorable man," when Brutus just participated in murdering Caesar.

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Situational Irony

36.

A fire station burns down.

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

37.

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,”

a)

Edgar Allan Poe's lines use metaphor to create the mood in "The Raven."

b)

Edgar Allan Poe's lines use alliteration to create the mood in "The Raven."

c)

Edgar Allan Poe's lines use allusion to create the mood in "The Raven."

d)

Edgar Allan Poe's lines use onomatopoeia to create the mood in "The Raven."

38.

Check all of the statements that are examples of an idiom:

a)

we are burning the midnight oil

b)

the wind whistled

c)

you are up the creek without a paddlle.

d)

the boy was as fast as a cheetah

39.

This method of persuasion requires a credible authority to convince the audience.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

40.

Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.

a)

Ethos

b)

Logos

c)

Pathos

41.

Method of persuasion that appeals to emotions and feelings.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

42.

Type of Appeal:

Nearly 25% of all car accidents are caused by drivers using cell phones while driving.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

43.

Type of Appeal:

The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

44.

Type of Appeal:

Ms. Crisp has taught here for years. Go to her if you have questions about Centennial.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

45.
"Hope" is presented using the image of:
a)
A storm
b)
A tune
c)
A sea
d)
A bird
46.
"Hope" is personified in the following line:
a)
"'Hope' is the thing with feathers"
b)
"And sings the tune without the words"
c)
"That perches in the soul"
d)
"That could abash the little bird"
47.
The theme of the poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" can best be described as:
a)
The human spirit often succumbs to the difficulties of the world.
b)
Birds are more resilient than humans.
c)
Hope is impossible to attain.
d)
Hope can be tested but never lost.
48.
When the speaker says, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" (line 2), she means that
a)
she wishes she had a better house.
b)
her life went by too fast.
c)
her life has not been easy.
d)
she has a hard time walking upstairs.
49.

What does the line “I’se been a-climbin’ on” reveal about the speaker?

a)

She is hopeless and has given up on life

b)

She wants to do everything so that her son never needs to struggle

c)

She wants her son to see that she has never given up despite her struggle

d)

She climbs many stairs each day at her job

50.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?


Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.

The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn;

Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?

He's under the haystack, fast asleep!

a)

aabb

b)

abab

c)

abbc

d)

acba

51.

The musical quality created by the words a poet uses

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

imagery

d)

rhythm

52.
What is a group of lines called that form a verse?
a)
Line
b)
Stanza
c)
Paragraph
d)
Meter
53.
The narrator of a poem is called the ____________.
a)
Speaker
b)
Narrator
c)
Talker
d)
Poet
54.
__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Pattern
c)
Meter
d)
Beat
55.
A sonnet has how many lines?
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
56.

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

a)

Rhythm

b)

Rhyme

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Alliteration

57.

True or False: All poems do not have to rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

Which type of poem follows a rhyme pattern?

a)

Free verse

b)

Ballad

59.

True or False: Poetry always follows grammar rules.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

How many lines are in this stanza?

In the winter it's every kid's dream,

As snowflakes begin to appear,

That suddenly there'll be a blizzard,

And they'll cancel school for the year.

a)

15

b)

3

c)

5

d)

4

61.

During which decades did the Harlem Renaissance occur?

a)

1900-1910

b)

1920s and 1930s

c)

1940s and 1950s

d)

late 1800s

62.

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, intellectual, and artistic movement.

a)

True

b)

False

63.
The Harlem Renaissance refers to:
a)
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
b)
A struggle for civil rights by the NAACP
c)
A program to promote African-American owned businesses
d)
A population increase in Harlem during the 1920s
64.
What is the main idea?
a)
Its the authors point of view
b)
Is what the passage is mostly about
c)
It is the sequence of the story.
65.
How was the Harlem Renaissance a product of the Great Migration?
a)

Many of the African Americans that migrated north to escape racial terror and discrimination, ended up in Harlem where they shared their talents such as literature, art, and music.

b)
The Harlem Renaissance was not a product of the Great Migration.  They have nothhing in common.
66.

Which statement best summarizes the Great Migration of African Americans during the early decades of the 1900s?

a)

They moved to areas of the country that had not yet been industrialized.

b)

They left the South hoping to escape poverty and racial discrimination.

c)

Congress passed laws creating aid programs to enable African Americans to move to cities.

d)

The U.S. Army provided free housing to the families of African Americans who enlisted.

67.

Which of the following factors was responsible for African Americans leaving the South during the 1920s?

a)

less segregation and racial discrimination in the North and West

b)

the construction of low-cost government housing in cities in the North

c)

the sale of inexpensive government land in the north and West

d)

Segregation, Jim Crow Laws, Racial Terror, and Discrimination in the South, and the promise of better-paying jobs in the North and West

68.

What/Who was the Lost Generation?

a)
A collection of poets inspired by the Romantic era.
b)
A movement of artists focused on nature and rural life.
c)
A group of American writers disillusioned by World War I and societal changes in the 1920s.
d)
A group of politicians advocating for social reforms in the 1930s.

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