✨Figurative Language✨

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of ethos?

Accepted Answer

A doctor citing a medical study to support their argument

Question 2

Which of the following sentences uses an oxymoron?

Accepted Answer

The silence was deafening.

Question 3

Which of the following words contains the suffix "-ist"?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

Which of the following sentences has the best syntax?

Accepted Answer

"My friend and I went to the store."

Question 5

Which of the following sentences uses hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

Question 6

Charged language is language that is intended to evoke an emotional response.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Which of the following sentences uses personification?

Accepted Answer

The wind whispered through the trees.

Question 8

Which of the following words contains the root "rect"?

Accepted Answer

Direct

Question 9

Diction refers to the choice of words in speaking or writing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which of the following sentences uses a paradox?

Accepted Answer

The only way to find yourself is to lose yourself.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

The snow is a white blanket.

Question 12

Which of the following sentences uses a simile?

Accepted Answer

The snow is falling like feathers.

Question 13

Elevated language is language that is formal and dignified.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Syntax refers to the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a way to identify the tone of a story?

Accepted Answer

Identifying the author's favorite color

Question 16

Which of the following sentences uses imagery?

Accepted Answer

The sun is a giant ball of fire in the sky.

Question 17

Which of the following words contains the prefix "sub-"?

Accepted Answer

Subway

Question 18

Connotation is the literal meaning of a word.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Parallel structure is the repetition of a grammatical form in a sentence.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Which excerpt best demonstrates a hopeful tone?

Accepted Answer

"Despite the setbacks, they never gave up."

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of a dependent clause?

Accepted Answer

Because it is raining.

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a step in inferring the theme of a story?

Accepted Answer

Reading the author's biography

Question 23

What is a rhetorical question?

Accepted Answer

a question that is asked for effect, not expecting an answer

Question 24

Which of the following words contains the root "lig"?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 25

Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

Accepted Answer

The dogs bark loudly at the mailman.

Question 26

Which of the following sentences uses allusion?

Accepted Answer

He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

Question 27

Which sentence demonstrates correct parallel structure?

Accepted Answer

She likes to sing, dance, and paint.

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of connotation?

Accepted Answer

The word "home" implies warmth, comfort, and family.

✨Figurative Language✨

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