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ELA Terms

Quiz by Lynne Myers

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12 questions
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  • Q1
    What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to a non human thing?
    alliteration
    main idea
    personification
    simile
    30s
  • Q2
    What type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison?
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Simile
    30s
  • Q3
    What type of figurative language uses the same beginning sound for each word?
    Simile
    Assonance
    Alliteration
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q4
    What type of figurativve language makes a comparison not using like or as?
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Simile
    30s
  • Q5
    What type of figurative language is an overblown exaggeration?
    Alliteration
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q6
    What type of figurative language might a superhero use?
    Alliteration
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a theme?
    The lesson the author wants you to learn
    A type of figurative language
    An adjective
    A genre of literature
    30s
  • Q8
    What is the Main Idea of a Story?
    The main point a story is trying to have the reader to understand.
    A theme of the story
    A collection of great ideas
    The character's job
    30s
  • Q9
    What is the mood of the story?
    How the story makes the characters interact.
    How the
    How the story makes you feel when youj read it.
    How the story makes the characters fee.
    30s
  • Q10
    What things are involved in the setting of a story?
    Characters and Mood
    Place and characters
    Mood and Tone
    Time and Place
    30s
  • Q11
    What is the author's tone?
    The author's mood
    The author's genre.
    How the author feels toward the characters.
    The author's style
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the plot of the story?
    The storyline in the order it happens
    The moral of the story
    Chronological Order
    Time Order
    30s

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