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WorksheetsImagery/Figurative Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
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1.
What is the best definition of imagery?
a)
Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
b)
An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
c)
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
d)
Exaggeration
2.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
smell
d)
touch
3.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
a)
taste
b)
sound
c)
sight
d)
smell
4.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
a)
sight
b)
smell
c)
touch
d)
taste
5.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
a)
smell
b)
touch
c)
taste
d)
sound
6.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
The tree bark was rough against her skin.
The tree bark was rough against her skin.
a)
touch
b)
taste
c)
sound
d)
sight
7.
This sentence appeals to which sense:
The dog's fur was as soft as a feather.
The dog's fur was as soft as a feather.
a)
touch
b)
taste
c)
sound
d)
sight
8.
This excerpt appeals to which sense:
Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue..
Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue..
a)
sight
b)
smell
c)
touch
d)
taste
9.
This excerpt appeals to which sense:
She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation.
She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation.
a)
taste
b)
sight
c)
sound
d)
smell
10.
Which of the following lines from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” contains imagery?
a)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
b)
But I have promises to keep
c)
And miles to go before I sleep
d)
All of the above
11.
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
12.
Writers create imagery through figurative language. Which is NOT a type of figurative language.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
theme
13.
The drumbeats sounded like distant thunder.
What type of figurative language is used?
What type of figurative language is used?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
14.
After Dan climbed the steep hill, his legs were rubber.
What type of figurative language is used?
What type of figurative language is used?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
15.
The owl laughed into the darkness.
What type of figurative language is used?
What type of figurative language is used?
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idiom
16.
Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted
a)
Theme
b)
Sensory Details
c)
Imagery
d)
Sound Devices
17.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb. Which sense is being described?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Smell
d)
Hear
18.
Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
The girl could smell the fresh lavender as she glided through the beautiful garden of delicate flowers.
The girl could smell the fresh lavender as she glided through the beautiful garden of delicate flowers.
a)
Imagery
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
19.
"The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.
a)
"he took the box of matches"
b)
"the darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage..."
c)
"he stood motionless"
d)
"at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible"
20.
"The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Ring'd with the azure world he stands
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Choose the literary device that is NOT used in this poem.
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands
Ring'd with the azure world he stands
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Choose the literary device that is NOT used in this poem.
a)
Sight Details
b)
Touch Details
c)
Hearing Details
d)
Personification
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