ELA Fast Test

What is metaphor?

• a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood

• word choice

• comparison between two different things using like or as

• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action

What is imagery?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature

• the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences

• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action

• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

What is personification?

• the dictionary definition of a word

• comparison between two different things using like or as

• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

What is figurative language?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature

• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

• the dictionary definition of a word

• the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience

What is foreshadow?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature

• an exaggeration

• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action

• the dictionary meaning of a word

The following line features which literary device:
"He possessed a cold fire in his eyes."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• oxymoron

The teacher ________ us that we would write a test on reported speech next week.

• said

• say

• told

• spoke

"I'm not using my smartphone right now" Stang said.

• Stang said he wasn't using his smartphone right then.

• Stang said I wasn't using my smartphone right then.

• Stang said he didn't use his smartphone right then.

Krit said he _____ to the cinema for a long time.

• wasn't been

• wasn't

• hadn't been

• didn't be

"He is coming to the party."
She told me he ____ to the party

• will come 

• was coming

• came

• was come