Fill-in Quiz: Figurative Language 1
Short-answer questions on simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, and metonymy.
ENGLISH 11AP: Literature and Composition
Quiz - Figurative Language (1)
Name
Date Per.
Mr. Reed
1.Name the figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike
2.Name the figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike
3.Name the figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept
4.Name the figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply
5.Name the figure of speech in which something closely related to a thing is used for the thing actually meant.
6.What are the two parts of every metaphor (which may be either named or implied)? [Use blanks 6 & 7.]
7.
8.”The army consisted of 1200 horses, 5000 pikes, and 3000 bows,” is an example of a .
9.“Her teeth are pearls, her skin alabaster” is an example of a .
10.“The hailstones fell upon the village like unceasing volleys of cannonballs,” is an example of a .
BONUS:
A.What is the appropriate term for metonymies that have become clichés?