A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
C
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
2.
What is a metaphor?
A
A word that imitates a sound
B
Evokes as a kind mental image any of the five senses
C
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
3.
What is a hyperbole?
A
Object used to represent something other than its literal meaning
B
Extreme exaggeration
C
Repetition of consonant sounds (beginning of words)
4.
What is personification?
A
Object, animal, or nature is given human traits or thoughts
B
Object used to represent something other than its literal meaning
C
A word that imitates a sound
5.
What is an alliteration?
A
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.
B
A word that imitates a sound
C
Repetition of consonant sounds (beginning of words)
6.
What is imagery?
A
Evokes as a kind mental image any of the five senses
B
Extreme exaggeration
C
None of the above
7.
What is an onomatopoeia?
A
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
B
Evokes as a kind mental image any of the five senses
C
A word that imitates a sound
8.
What is symbolism?
A
Object used to represent something other than its literal meaning
B
Evokes as a kind mental image any of the five senses
C
Repetition of consonant sounds (beginning of words)
9.
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?
The test was a piece of cake.
A
Metaphor
B
Simile
C
Personification
10.
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?
She ran like the wind.
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Personification
11.
Read the excerpt from a poem:
The guitar was tinkling,
But the notes were not sweet till you sang them.
The word TINKLING is an example of?
A
onomatopoeia
B
alliteration
C
Personification
12.
Which of the following is an example of a symbolic relationship?
A
A table and a chair
B
A flag and a nation
C
A garden and a tree
13.
It is going to take a zillion years to get through medical school.
What literary device is this an example of?
A
alliteration
B
metaphor
C
hyperbole
14.
A shoulder to cry on is someone who
A
listens to your problems.
B
shares his food with you.
C
has a bath every week.
15.
Which of the following provides the best connotation of the phrase below?
I just put my foot in my mouth.
A
My foot is tasty, so I stuck it in my mouth.
B
I just said something truly intelligent.
C
I just said something really embarrassing.
16.
"Wayne's whirling winding words were wonderful" is an example of:
A
Cliche
B
onomatopoeia
C
alliteration
17.
"The wise fool is burning my taco."
A
personification
B
oxymoron
C
simile
18.
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
A
Funny fun
B
Sad song
C
Big sip
19.
What senses are addressed in the lines,
"..This bed whose covers I straighten/smoothing edges till blue quilt fits brown blanket/and nothing hangs out..."?
A
Sight
B
Smell
C
Sound
20.
Which figure of speech is illustrated by the following line?
“All day the engines charged the trees.”
