This document contains a variety of English language questions testing grammar, vocabulary, literary devices and figures of speech. Questions cover topics such as identifying errors, determining the meaning of idioms, classifying types of literature, and recognizing rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, synecdoche and metonymy. The document examines a wide range of essential English skills.
This document contains a variety of English language questions testing grammar, vocabulary, literary devices and figures of speech. Questions cover topics such as identifying errors, determining the meaning of idioms, classifying types of literature, and recognizing rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, synecdoche and metonymy. The document examines a wide range of essential English skills.
This document contains a variety of English language questions testing grammar, vocabulary, literary devices and figures of speech. Questions cover topics such as identifying errors, determining the meaning of idioms, classifying types of literature, and recognizing rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, synecdoche and metonymy. The document examines a wide range of essential English skills.
3. We went to there favorite restaurant for dinner. 4. Are you going two the dance on Saturday? 5. We will spent the summer at the sure. 6. They say that the sole goes to Heaven. 7. We will win, oar we will not go home! 8. I don’t think the new rules are very fare. Write the word HYPE if the statement is hyperbole and cross if not. 9. He's running faster than the wind. 10. She's as skinny as a toothpick. 11. She was so happy; her smile was a mile wide. 12. Jacob stood on his tiptoes. 13. Jenny and I opened all the gifts. Identify the meaning of the following Idiomatic Expressions. Write the letter of the correct answer.
a. To be encouraged b. to take care of c.to fulfill
d. Of no use e. no less than.
14. To look after
15. Nothing but 16. To look after 17. To carry out 18. To no avail Identify the type of literature being described. -essay - short story - fable - biography - expository - legend - epic 19. A long, serious narrative in a dignified style relating the deeds of a legendary hero/heroine. 20. Artistic literary expression on a particular topic. 21. Is a kind of narrative that explains the origin of a person,place, or thing. 22. It can be read in one sitting. 23. Is a person’s life, written and told by another person. 24. Story about animals. 25. A formal kind of literature which is usually focused on serious matters. Choose the correct answer below. - index - synecdoche - hyperbole -metonymy - idioms
26. An exaggerated statement.
27. Substituting part for the whole. 28. Substituting something closely associated with a thing for itself. 29. A popular expression that does not have its literal meaning. 30. Alphabetical listing of all the subjects, with page number