Hayley Westphal

Multiple Choice (2 points each)

1. Which of the following is an example of an idiom?
a. Vivacious violet violins.
b. Her hair shone like the sun.
c. Step on a crack, break your mothers back!
d. He was sick as a dog.
2. Another word for overstate or exaggerate is:
a. assonance
b. hyperbole
c. hypotenuse
d. onomatopoeia
3. What is figurative language?
a. Using words with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
b. Simply stating facts as they are.
c. Appealing to emotions and not reason or logic.
d. Sequence of rhyme and verse to create a fluid piece.
True/False: (2 points each)
PLEASE USE + FOR TRUE, - FOR FALSE
____ POW! KABLAM! are examples of onomatopoeia
____ a metaphor states that one thing is another
____ The trees waved at us is not an example of personification, but of simile
Matching (1 point each)
Please put the corresponding letter in the number blank. Note: Some answers may fit in more
than one spot, and not all will be placed.
1.___Using one object to represent another to give deeper meaning.
2.___Any method an author uses to convey a message.
3.___Making an indirect reference to something else.
4.___Comparison using like or as.
5.___Visually descriptive language.

a. literary device
b. simile
c. quatrain
d. imagery
e. allusion
f. symbolism