Answer Keys For Language Test

Answer Keys for Language Test
Figurative Language Test 1

Directions: Choose only one answer. You are responsible for making clean marks and erasing your
mistakes. Try your best. When you are done, check your answers.

SECTION 1 � DEFINITIONS: Match the term with the definition. Shade in the appropriate
bubble.

For questions 1 through 4. Not all of the choices are used.
1. metaphor - E A. exaggeration for effect
2. alliteration - D B. comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"
3. simile - B C. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.
4. hyperbole - A D. repeating the same starting sounds of words.
E. comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"
5. rhythm - C A. repeating the same starting sounds of words.
6. repetition - D B. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.
7. rhyme - E C. a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat.
8. enjambment - B D. when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize
E. when two words share the same final sound

9. personification - A. when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

C
B. when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
10. onomatopoeia - A
C. giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
11. imagery - D
D. writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
12. irony - B
E. exaggeration for effect

SECTION 2 � EXAMPLES

Directions: Read the following examples of figurative language. Identify the poetic device that is
most clearly being used. Choose the best answer. Shade in the appropriate bubble on
your Scantron form.

13. When you, my Dear, are away, away, / How wearily goes the day.
A year drags after morning, and night / Starts another year

a. metaphor b. onomatopoeia c. irony d. simile e. hyperbole

14. Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.

a. enjambment b. metaphor c. simile d. onomatopoeia e. repetition

15. Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile

a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification e. alliteration

16. Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.

a. metaphor b. hyperbole c. personification d. onomatopoeia e. simile

17. The fountain tossed its water, / Up and up, like silver marbles.

a. simile b. hyperbole c. rhyme d. metaphor e. idiom

18. Falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along; / Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.

a. rhyme b. personification c. simile d. metaphor e. hyperbole

19. Lives of great men remind us / We can make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time.

a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. alliteration e. hyperbole

20. His sorrow goes / Like mountain snows / In waters sweet and clear,

a. simile b. hyperbole c. metaphor d. onomatopoeia e. repetition

21. The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin

a. hyperbole b. rhyme c. repetition d. simile e. metaphor

22. All night long with rush and lull / The rain kept drumming on the roof:

a. simile b. hyperbole c. repetition d. personification e. rhyme

23. The child with / her infinite energy / would run / her parents to / the ground

a. metaphor b. simile c. hyperbole d. personification e. repetition

24. My love is like a red, red rose.

a. repetition b. personification c. onomatopoeia d. metaphor e. rhyme

25. When the stooping sky / Leans down upon the hills

a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile e. repetition

26. There's a patch of old snow in a corner.

a. simile b. metaphor c. imagery d. irony e. repetition

SECTION 3 � WHOLE POEMS: Read the poems and the questions. Choose the BEST answer.

We Wear the Mask Poet Among Barbarians
Paul Laurence Dunbar By: John Gould Fletcher
We wear the mask that grins and lies, The rain drives, drives endlessly,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-- Heavy threads of rain;
This debt we pay to human guile1; The wind beats at the shutters,
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, The surf drums on the shore;
And mouth with myriad2 subtleties3. Drunken telephone poles lean sideways;
Dank summer cottages gloom hopelessly;
Why should the world be overwise, Bleak factory-chimneys are etched on the filmy distance,
In counting all our tears and sighs? Tepid2 with rain.
Nay, let them only see us, while It seems I have lived for a hundred years
We wear the mask. Among these things;
And it is useless for me now to make complaint against them.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries For I know I shall never escape from this
To thee from tortured souls arise. Dull barbarian country,
We sing, but oh the clay is vile4 Where there is none now left to lift a cool jade winecup,
Beneath our feet, and long the mile; Or share with me a single human thought.
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
1. Guile: treacherous cunning; skillful deceit. 6. Tepid: only slightly warm; luke warm.

2. Myriad: a vast number; many.
3. Subtleties: being difficult to detect.
4. Vile: loathsome; disgusting.
5. Docile: yielding to direction.

27. Which of the above poems has a continuous rhythm?

a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians

c. neither of these poems d. both of these poems

28. Which of the above poems use rhyme?



29. Which of the above poems uses more hyperbole?



30. Which of the above poems uses enjambment?



31. Which of the above poems uses metaphor?



32. Which of the above poems uses simile?

A. We Wear the Mask B. Poet Among Barbarians

C. neither of these poems D. both of these poems

33. Which of the above poems uses repetition?



34. Which of the above poems uses more personification?



35. In which of the above poems does the speaker use a pleasant or joyful tone?



A Patch of Old Snow Bee, I'm Expecting You!
Robert Frost Emily Dickenson
There's a patch of old snow in a corner Bee, I'm expecting you!

That I should have guessed Was saying yesterday
Was a blow-away paper the rain To somebody you know
Had brought to rest. That you were due.
The frogs got home last week,

It is speckled with grime as if Are settled and at work,
Small print overspread it, Birds mostly back,
The news of a day I've forgotten- The clover warm and thick.
If I ever read it.
You'll get my letter by
The seventeenth; reply,
Or better, be with me.
Yours,
Fly.

36. Which of the above poems uses rhyme?

a. A Patch of Old Snow b. Bee, I'm Expecting You c. neither d. both

37. Which of the above poems uses more personification?




39. Which of the above poems uses hyperbole?


40. Which of the above poems resembles a letter?

Figurative Language Test 2

Directions: Choose only one answer. You are responsible for making clean marks and erasing your
mistakes. Try your best. When you are done, check your answers.

SECTION 1 – DEFINITIONS: Match the term with the definition. Shade in the appropriate
bubble.

1. metaphor A. exaggeration for effect
2. alliteration B. comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"
3. simile C. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.
4. hyperbole D. repeating the same starting sounds of words.
E. comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

Answers:
1. E
2. D
3. B
4. A

5. rhythm A. repeating the same starting sounds of words.
6. repetition B. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.
7. rhyme C. a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat.
8. enjambment D. when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize
E. when two words share the same final sound

Answers:
5. C
6. D
7. E
8. B

9. personification A. when a words pronunciation imitates its sound
10. onomatopoeia B. when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
11. imagery C. giving human traits or abilities to nonhuman things.
12. irony D. writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
E. exaggeration for effect

9. C
10. A
11. D
12. B

SECTION 2 – EXAMPLES

Directions: Read the following examples of figurative language. Identify the poetic device that is
most clearly being used. Choose the best answer. Shade in the appropriate bubble on
your Scantron form.

13. O, ride you fast, yet at the last,
Hate faster rides,

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole
e. none of these

Answer
Personification

Answer Explanation
This is personification because hate is given the ability to ride.

14. A moment since, the office boy,
Invisible as night,
Rested on some dim-curtained shelf


e. none of these

Answer
Simile

Answer Explanation
This is a simile because the boy is compared to night using the word "as."

15. Would I might mend the tattered fabric of my youth...


e. none of these

Answer
Metaphor

Answer Explanation
This is a metaphor because the speaker compares his youth to a tattered fabric without using "like"
or "as."

16. Three drowsy poppies brooded by the wall,
Lonely and tall.


e. none of these

Answer
Personification

Answer Explanation
This is personification because the poppies are given the qualities of loneliness and drowsiness.
They are also give the ability to brood.

17. You need but lift a hand and sigh;
And all men's hearts must beat for you.


e. none of these

Answer
Hyperbole

Answer Explanation
This is hyperbole because the speaker is exaggerating her beauty. Some men would take little or no
interest in her.

18. The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain
Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip-- branches drifting apart.


e. none of these

Answer
None of these

Answer Explanation
This is not an example of figurative language; however, this example does use onomatopoeia,
repetition, and imagery.

19. The burning fire shakes in the night,
Silver candles gleam,
The trees are lost in dream.


e. none of these

Answer
Personification

Answer Explanation
This is personification because the trees are given the ability to get lost in a dream.

20. My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;


e. none of these

Answer
Simile

Answer Explanation
This is a simile because the speaker compares his or her heart to an apple tree using the word
"like."

21. This is the hardest question that anyone has ever had to answer.


e. none of these

Answer
Hyperbole

Answer Explanation
This is hyperbole because it is exaggerating the difficulty of the question. There are much harder
questions than that one.

22. The green and greedy seas have drowned
That city's glittering walls and towers,


e. none of these

Answer
Personification

Answer Explanation
This is personification because the seas are given the quality of greediness and the city's walls and
towers are given the ability to drown.

23. When they found him dead,
His hand was cold as lead.


e. none of these

Answer
Simile

Answer Explanation
This is a simile because his hand is compared to lead using the word "as."

24. Your eyes are a shadowy sea
In the starry darkness of night.

e. none of these

Answer
Metaphor

Answer Explanation
This is a metaphor because the speaker compares "your" eyes to a shadowy sea without using the
word "like" or "as."

25. The water reflects the reeds.

e. none of these

Answer
None of these

Answer Explanation
This is not an example of figurative language, though it is an example of visual imagery.

26. She looked across the empty street,
And saw Death softly watching her
In the sunshine pale and sweet.


e. none of these

Answer
Personification

Answer Explanation
This is personification because death is given the ability to watch her softly. Death is also given
the quality of sweetness.

SECTION 3 – WHOLE POEMS: Read the poems and the questions. Choose the BEST answer.

Stupidity Simplicity
Amy Lowell By: Emily Dickinson
Dearest, forgive that with my clumsy touch How happy is the little stone
I broke and bruised your rose. That rambles3 in the road alone,
I hardly could suppose And doesn't care about careers,
It were a thing so fragile that my clutch And exigencies4 never fears;
Could kill it, thus. Whose coat of elemental5 brown
A passing universe put on;
It stood so proudly up upon its stem, And independent as the sun,
I knew no thought of fear, Associates or glows alone,
And coming very near Fulfilling absolute decree6
Fell, overbalanced, to your garment's1 hem, In casual simplicity.
Tearing it down.
Now, stooping, I upgather, one by one,

The crimson petals, all
Outspread about my fall. 1. garment: clothing; the speaker is referring to the rose's petals
They hold their fragrance still, a blood-red cone 2. grieve: to feel deep sorrow or regret
Of memory. 3. ramble: to walk for pleasure
4. exigency: an urgent need or demand
And with my words I carve a little jar 5. elemental: primary or basic
To keep their scented dust, 6. decree: an order
Which, opening, you must
Breathe to your soul, and, breathing, know me far

More grieved2 than you.

27. Which of the above poems has a stronger rhythm?

a. Stupidity b. Simplicity

Answer
B

Answer Explanation
Simplicity has a very strong rhythm while Stupidity uses a distant, though measured, scheme that
isn't very rhythmic.

28. Which of the above poems use rhyme?

a. Stupidity b. Simplicity c. both of these poems d. neither of these
poems

Answer
C

Answer Explanation
Both of these poems have a lot of rhymes.


poems

Answer
B

Answer Explanation
In Simplicity, the stone is compared to the sun in this line: " independent as the sun." Since the
speaker uses "as" to make the comparison, this is a simile.

30. Which of the above poems uses personification?

poems

Answer
C

Answer Explanation
Both of these poems use personification. In Stupidity, the rose is given human characteristics and
abilities, such as standing proudly and wearing garments. In Simplicity, the stone is given human
abilities and qualities such as rambling and as happiness.

31. Which of the above poems uses metaphor?

poems

Answer
A

Answer Explanation
Metaphor is used in Stupidity. It Stupidity, the speaker talks of creating a jar of words. In that
example she is comparing her words to a jar. Another example would be when she compares the
petals of the rose to garments. In Simplicity, if one were to interpret the coat on the rock as a
jacket, rather than a coating of mud or grime, one might believe that Simplicity contains a metaphor
too, but this is probably a misinterpretation.

32. In which of the above poems does the speaker use a pleasant or joyful tone?

poems

Answer
B

Answer Explanation
The speaker in Simplicity uses a pleasant tone. I know this because the speaker uses words and
phrases like "happy" and "never fears." The speaker in Stupidity uses a mournful or regretful tone.
I know this because the speaker uses words like "grieved."

33. In which of the above poems does the poet repeat a line?

poems

Answer
D

Answer Explanation
Neither poet repeats a line in these poems.

Approach of Winter The Skaters
William Carlos Williams John Gould Fletcher
The half stripped trees Black swallows swooping or gliding

struck by a wind together, In a flurry of entangled loops and curves;
bending all, The skaters skim over the frozen river.
the leaves flutter drily And the grinding click of their skates as they impinge3 upon the
and refuse to let go surface,
or driven like hail Is like the brushing together of thin wing-tips of silver.
stream bitterly out to one side
and fall
where the salvias1, hard carmine2,-- 1. salvia: a plant from the mint family known for bright flowers
like no leaf that ever was-- 2. carmine: a bright crimson or red color
edge the bare garden. 3. impinge: to touch or affect something in a negative way.
34. Which of these poems uses simile?

a. Approach of Winter b. The Skaters c. Both of these d. Neither of these

Answer
C

Answer Explanation
Both of these poems use simile. In Approach of Winter, the speaker compares the leaves to hail
using the word "like." In The Skaters, the speaker compares the sound of the skates to brushing
using the word "like."

35. Which of these poems uses metaphor?


Answer
D

Answer Explanation
Neither of these poems contain a metaphor.

36. Which of the above poems uses rhyme?


Answer
D

Answer Explanation
Neither of these poems contain any rhymes; however, you can find some nice examples of
consonance.

37. Which of the above poems uses personification?


Answer
A

Answer Explanation
Readers can find a good example of personification in Approach of Winter when the speaker
describes the leaves as refusing to let go.

38. Which of the above poems has more examples of onomatopoeia?


Answer
B

Answer Explanation
Though the word flutter, which is used in Approach of Winter, is onomatopoeic, there are more
onomatopoeic words to be found in The Skaters: grinding, click, skim, and brushing.

39. Which of the above poems uses hyperbole?


Answer
A

Answer Explanation
In Approach of Winter, the salvia leaves at the edge of the garden are described in this way: "like
no leaf that ever was." This is not really a simile, because the leaves are not being compared to
different leaves, they are being compared to the absence of a leaf, or like no leaf that ever was. This
can be interpreted as hyperbole, because the leaves were probably pretty similar to many other
leaves that grow on plants of the same type.
40. Which of the above poems maintains a continuous rhythm?


Answer
D
Answer Explanation
Neither of these poems maintain a continuous rhythm.

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Figurative Language Test 1

1. metaphor - E A. exaggeration for effect

2. alliteration - D B. comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

3. simile - B C. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

4. hyperbole - A D. repeating the same starting sounds of words.

E. comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"

For questions 5 through 8. Not all of the choices are used.

5. rhythm - C A. repeating the same starting sounds of words.

6. repetition - D B. when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.

7. rhyme - E C. a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat.

8. enjambment - B D. when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize

E. when two words share the same final sound

9. personification - A. when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

a. metaphor b. onomatopoeia c. irony d. simile e. hyperbole

a. enjambment b. metaphor c. simile d. onomatopoeia e. repetition

a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification e. alliteration

a. metaphor b. hyperbole c. personification d. onomatopoeia e. simile

a. simile b. hyperbole c. rhyme d. metaphor e. idiom

a. rhyme b. personification c. simile d. metaphor e. hyperbole

a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. alliteration e. hyperbole

a. simile b. hyperbole c. metaphor d. onomatopoeia e. repetition

a. hyperbole b. rhyme c. repetition d. simile e. metaphor

a. simile b. hyperbole c. repetition d. personification e. rhyme

a. metaphor b. simile c. hyperbole d. personification e. repetition

a. repetition b. personification c. onomatopoeia d. metaphor e. rhyme

a. hyperbole b. personification c. metaphor d. simile e. repetition

a. simile b. metaphor c. imagery d. irony e. repetition

1. Guile: treacherous cunning; skillful deceit. 6. Tepid: only slightly warm; luke warm.

a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians

a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians

a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians

a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians

a. We Wear the Mask b. Poet Among Barbarians

A. We Wear the Mask B. Poet Among Barbarians

A. We Wear the Mask B. Poet Among Barbarians

A. We Wear the Mask B. Poet Among Barbarians

A. We Wear the Mask B. Poet Among Barbarians

There's a patch of old snow in a corner Bee, I'm expecting you!

The frogs got home last week,

a. A Patch of Old Snow b. Bee, I'm Expecting You c. neither d. both

Figurative Language Test 2

1. metaphor A. exaggeration for effect

2. alliteration B. comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

4. hyperbole D. repeating the same starting sounds of words.

E. comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

For questions 5 through 8. Not all of the choices are used.

5. rhythm A. repeating the same starting sounds of words.

7. rhyme C. a regular pattern of stresses, like a beat.

8. enjambment D. when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize

E. when two words share the same final sound

9. personification A. when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

11. imagery C. giving human traits or abilities to nonhuman things.

E. exaggeration for effect

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole

a. metaphor b. personification c. simile d. hyperbole