11th Grade Semester Exam Study Guide

What is figurative language?

• A type of communication that uses a word's strict or realistic meaning

• A type of communication that uses only literal language.

• A type of communication that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning.

• A type of communication that avoids comparisons and exaggerations.

Which of the following sentences is an example of a simile?

• The sun is a golden ball.

• That man is cold as ice.

• She runs fast.

• The cat is sleeping.

What is a metaphor?

• A rhetorical question

• A type of punctuation mark

• A figure of speech that involves an implied comparison

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Match the following

• contradictory words, opposing meanings

• Allusion

• Giving nonhuman things

• Personification

• exaggerated statement

• Similie

• Comparing two things using "like or as"

• Hyperbole

• reference to a place, person, or event

• Oxymoron

What 2 places is onomatopoeia most commonly found?

• In poetry

• In graphic novels

• In comic books

• 
  In scientific papers

What is assonance sometimes called?

• Vowel rhyme

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is symbolized by the black dot?

• tradition

• mankind

• health

• death

When is the lottery conducted?

• every 2 weeks

• everyday

• every year

• every 2 years

How do the townspeople view the lottery box?

• They are afraid of it.

• They see it as part of a tradition.

• They all want to get rid of it.

• They are disinterested in the box.

Why does the town have a lottery?

• 
  It is a tradition that is thought to bring them a good harvest.

• Both the young and the old support the lottery.

• They like to remember their town’s history.

• 
  They genuinely enjoy the lottery.