Figurative Language
What kind of figurative language is used in the following lines? The wind screamed and shook the old house until its teeth rattled
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
C) Personification
In a causal analysis, your thesis statement must tell readers about both your topic and you ____.
A) Process
B) Purpose
C) Focus
C) Focus
When you put any information from an outside source into your essay, you must include a _______ for it.
A) Commentary
B) Criticism
C) Citation
C) Citation
After the marathon, Millie _____ down on the sidewalk.
A) lay
B) lied
C) lays
A) Lay
A(n) ____________ is a speech spoken when the character is alone on the stage.
A) aside
B) monologue
C) soliloquy
C) Soliloquy
What kind of figurative language is used in the following line? The river is a snake, winding its way through the jungle.
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
B) Metaphor
Expository essays should be _____ to other points of view.
A) Dismissive
B) Supportive
C) Fair
C) Fair
Finding the creator of a website can provide clues to any bias involved in its content, helping you to determine the website’s ___________.
A) accuracy
B) objectivity
C) authority
B) Objectivity
Choose a conjunctive adverb to connect the following clauses to show cause and effect: Conjunctive adverbs are especially useful for explanations; _______, you should use them in exposition.
A) accordingly
B) besides
C) however
A) Accordingly
Since The Importance of Being Earnest holds the follies and vices of a society up to ridicule by parodying them, it is not merely a comedy, but also a _________.
A) problem play
B) satire
C) realistic drama
B) Satire
In _____ irony, the reader, but not the character, knows what is going to happen.
A) Verbal
B) Situational
C) Dramatic
C) Dramatic
An appeal that targets the audience’s sense of fairness is a(n) _______ appeal.
A) Emotional
B) Ethical
C) Logical
B) Ethical
The reasons given in proof or rebuttal of an idea put forward for consideration are called the ________.
A) proposal
B) argument
C) advocacy
B) Argument
Choose the correct words to fill both blanks in the following sentence: I will agree to _________ his offer ______ for the part about the down payment—he will need to put at least ten percent down to close this deal.
A) except, except
B) except, accept
C) accept, except
C) Accept, Except
A series of dramatic complications will form the __________ in a play’s plot.
A) climax
B) falling action
C) rising action
C) Rising action
What kind of figurative language is used in the following lines? Moving rapidly up the coastline, the storm was an autonomic powered bulldozer, leaving flattened lives in its wake.
A) Simile
B) Personification
C) Metaphor
C) Metaphor
An inclination, preference, or preconception that prevents someone from being impartial is called a(n) _________.
A) emotional appeal
B) bias
C) point of view
B) Bias
Before you can propose a solution for a problem, the first thing you must do is _____________ .
A) evaluate support
B) define the problem
C) gather support
B) Define the problem
Ben and ____ won first place!
A) he
B) him
C) himself
A) He
The following quote from act 1 of The Importance of being Earnest demonstrates a _____ because it seems to contradict common sense, yet it is in fact true. "It is awfully hard work doing nothing."
A) paradox
B) irony
C) a pun
A) Paradox
The element of _____ is the literary device in which the author is introducing something that will have significance later in the story.
A) Personification
B) Foreshadowing
C) Flashback
B) Foreshadowing
Identify the type of persuasive appeal used in the following sentences: The argument against teenagers working a full time job is strong. Between the demands of high school and the extracurricular and volunteer activities needed to attract college scholarships, teens with full time jobs find it next to impossible to get the 8 to 9 hours of sleep the National Sleep Foundation says their bodies have been proven to require each night.
A) emotional
B) ethical
C) logical
C) Logical
You cannot make a generalization that ignores _________.
A) Irrelevant information
B) Exceptions
C) Intuition
B) Expectations
Choose the type of fallacious reasoning employed in the following sentence: Athletes understand and practice teamwork; therefore only athletes should be elected to Congress.
A) over simplification
B) self contradiction
C) straw man
A) Over simplification
Based on the “To be or not to be” soliloquy, how would you characterize Hamlet?
A) He's a deep thinker with a need to work everything out in his mind.
B) He's an impetuous, aggressive guy with a thirst for revenge.
C) He's a lover, not a fighter
A0 He's a deep thinker with a need to work everyday out in his mind