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Multiple Choice
DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze each item before writing your answers on the spaces provided. Leave no item
unanswered.

I.MULTIPLE CHOICE: Select the letter of the best answer.

_________1. A figure of speech is used when comparing two unlike things using “like “and “as”.

A.Simile C.Onomatopoeia
B.Metaphor D.Personification
_________2. A word that sounds like its meaning is using a figure of speech called__________________.

A.Simile C.Onomatopoeia
B.Metaphor D.Personification
_________3. When something is named to replace something closely related to it, it uses________.

A.Synecdoche C.Alliteration
B.Metonymy D.Onomatopoeia
_________4. What sensory detail is used in the following statement: The fragrant roses drifted through the room
like elusive ghosts.

A.Sight C.Tactile
B.Olfactory D.Auditory
_________5. What sensory detail is used in the following statement: Although they could not see outside the
cabin, they could hear the eerie tapping, tapping, tapping, of his knife upon their door.
A.Sight C.Tactile
B.Olfactory D.Auditory
_________6. What sensory detail is used in the following statement: The cheesecake’s exquisite flavor traveled
from his tongue to his spine.

A.Gustatory C.Tactile
B.Olfactory D.Auditory
_________7. In the dark night, the city lights are glimmering fireflies. What are being compared in the statement?

A.Dark night and city lights C.Dark night and fireflies

B. City lights and fireflies D.Dark night, city lights and fireflies
_________8. What makes the following statement a simile? His mind is like a sponge.

A.It is comparing his mind to a sponge C.It is overly stated

B.It is comparing his mind to inanimate object D.It is comparing with the use of “like”.
_________9. What makes the following statement a simile? She ran like the wind.

A.Running and the wind are unlike things. When you compare the speed of running to the speed of the wind, you
are using a simile.

B.Running and the wind are like things. When you compare the speed of running to the speed of the wind, you are
using a simile.

C.Both are correct

D.None is correct

_________ 10. “He is a pig” is not a simile because _______________________.

A.it does compare two unlike things but does not use C.it compares two like things but does not use the
the words like or as words like or as

B.it doesn’t compare two unlike things and does not D.it compares two like things and uses the words like
use the words like or as or as

Which technique is being used in the following numbers?

_________11. Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed.

A.Simile C.Personification
B. Metaphor D.Hyperbole
_________12. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

A.Simile C.Personification
B. Metaphor D.Hyperbole
_________13. I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies,
A.Simile C.Personification
B. Metaphor D.Hyperbole
_________14. He would write, but his hours are as busy / As bees in the sun,

A.Simile C.Personification
B. Metaphor D.Hyperbole
_________15. All round the house is the jet-black night; / It stares through the window-pane;

It crawls in the corners, hiding from the light,

A.Simile C.Personification
B. Metaphor D.Hyperbole
_________16. Which statement best describes the following statement. “Will you walk into my parlor?” said the
spider to the fly.

A.The statement is a simile because it compares the spider to the parlor

B.The statement is a personified statement since the fly was able to talk.
C.The statement is using imagery because it lets us imagine how the spider talks.
D.The statement is a personified statement since the spider was able to talk.
_________17. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

A.Hyperbole B. Metaphor C. Simile D. Personification

_________18. What is meant by the idiom “raining B.cats and dogs are falling from the roof
cats and dogs”? C.cats and dogs are fighting outside
A.beware of thunder and lightning D.it’s raining heavy
_________19. “She sells seashells by the sea-shore.” This tongue twister is an example of

A.alliteration C.metaphor
B.consonance D.simile

_________20. “The sun glared down at me from the sky”. This can be interpreted as.

A.a hyperbole which means the sky is looking down C.a metaphor that compares the sun and sky

B.personification which means the sun is too hot D.personification which means the sun is bright

II. IDENTIFCATION: Identify the following statements.

21.__________ is a literary genre that functions as a literary narrative and portrays imaginary situations.

22.__________ refers to the time, pace and general environment in which a piece of fiction occurs. Details of
setting may either be stated or suggested.

23.Fiction is “fictus” in the Latin word which means __________.

24.__________ refers to writing in verse with rhythm and rhyme characterized by a melodious tone.

25. __________ is a brief artistic form of prose fiction which focuses on a single main accident, involving one or
more character and is intended to produce a single dominant impression.

26.__________ are about origins based on historical people or events, handed down from the past. It involves
heroic characters or fantastic places.

27.__________ is the framework of fiction, consists of related sequence of events, which through conflict progress
to a crisis or climax, which is the turning point of the story, and denouement, where the complication is solved and
ends happily or tragically.

28.__________ is a story where the characters are animals with human attributes; they may be called beast
tales; It is intended for children and to teach them truth or moral.

29.__________ is a written literary piece presented on a stage through the use of script and presence of actors.

30.__________ refers to a prose narrative told for amusement and instructional value.