English 4 - Long Quiz

Which of the following sentences contains an example of onomatopoeia?

• The bees buzzed around the flowers.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• The big, bad wolf howled.

• The river flowed swiftly.

What is alliteration?

• giving humanlike qualities to nonhuman objects

• repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence

• a comparison using like or as</em

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Which of these is an example of a simile?

• She is a shining star.

• Time is a thief.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• He roared like a lion.

What does the prefix super- indicate when added to a root word?

• below

• above or beyond

• before

• between

If you add re- to the root word view, what new word do you create and what does it mean?

• review – to view in a different way

• review – to view again or re-examine

• review – to view with disinterest

• review – to view for the first time

What word is formed by adding the suffix -ment to move, and what does it signify?

• mover – one who moves

• movement – the act of moving

• movable – able to be moved

• movability – the quality of being movable

Which word does not have the correct meaning?

• brightness – full of bright

• joyfulness – the state of being joyful

• argument – the act or process of arguing

• freedom – the state of being free

What does the word intermix mean?

• to mix among or between

• to mix separately

• to mix before

• to mix within

Analyze the word extradite. What does the prefix ex suggest in this context?

• to stay within a country

• to send out of a country

• to bring into a country

• to remain in custody

letters added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning