Year 7 Quiz2

Quiz 1
Skill tested: identifying the right tone
EXERCISE I: Circle the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each
passage. If you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the
correct answer.
1. Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s because what
you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it didn’t “count.” But it did—just
as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live
in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.
a. hesitant
b. encouraging
c. amused
2. A vaccine is a preparation of killed or weakened germs that is injected under the skin
and causes the blood to produce antibodies against the disease. Effective vaccines, for
instance, have been developed for small pox, rabies, and polio.
a. objective
b. arrogant
c. regretful
3. We have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our
friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. They
lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered
children. We bid them a final farewell.
a. forgiving
b. sorrowful
c. angry
4. Why do these things always happen to me? Brad wondered. First, I forget an important
meeting, and nobody reminds me until it’s over. Then my boss dumps a big project on my
desk and wants it done by yesterday. And to top everything off, I leave my wallet on the
bus.
a. comic
b. self-pitying
c. optimistic
5. Each year in the middle of February, when slush is underfoot and the sky is a depressing
gray, I begin dreaming of warm beaches, tropical fruits and sunsets. If only I could save
enough for a winter vacation! Maybe next year I’ll win the lottery. Meanwhile, I’ll read
travel brochures and sigh.
a. unsure
b. joyous
c. longing
6. We are seriously failing our nation’s teenagers when it comes to education concerning
AIDS. Somehow, we must convince them, without delay, that this terrible illness can
happen to them, not just too isolated groups in big cities. Let’s give them the information
they need to protect themselves—before it’s too late.
a. impassioned
b. mocking
c. ironic
7. What’s the matter with those idiots in the city council? First, they pass new parking
regulations saying we can’t park our cars in front of our own houses without a special
permit. Now they’ve gone and slapped another tax on gas purchase—just to widen a road
that’s already wide enough. Anyway, nobody enjoys the traffic delays resulting from road
construction. The sooner we vote those incompetents out, the better off we’ll all be.
a. objective
b. angry
c. surprised
8. Yet another public figure has come forward to announce he has signed into an addiction-
treatment center to deal with his alcohol problems. Reports say he has shown courage and
honesty. Perhaps so, but what it really takes to enter a treatment center is money. What
about the poor man, like my father, who may also have a drinking problem—and
courage—but who doesn’t happen to have $500.00 a day for a fancy rest home?
a. bitter
b. revengeful
c. sentimental
9. Botulism, a type of rare, severe food poisoning, has been reported recently in New
Jersey. It is believed that the victim, who is in critical condition at a local hospital, was
stricken after eating from a jar of incorrectly preserved homegrown green beans from last
summer’s garden. It has been ten years since the last instance of botulism poisoning was
reported in the state.
a. light-hearted
b. serious
c. tragic
10. Sure, litterbugs account for a lot of the trash blowing around our city’s streets, but
there are other villains too. What about people who set out their trash days ahead of their
scheduled trash pickup time? Worse yet are the stores that pile boxes in back alleys, and
restaurants whose mounds of green—bagged trash draw rodents and roaches.
a. critical
b. tolerant
c. depressed
SECTION 2 – EXAMPLES
Exercise 2: Read the following examples of figurative language. Identify the poetic device that
is most clearly being used. Choose the best answer by choosing the correct letter:
Skill tested: Identifying figurative language techniques
1. When you, my Dear, are away, away,

How wearily goes the day.
A year drags after morning, and night
Starts another year
a. metaphor b. onomatopoeia c. irony d. simile e. hyperbole
2. Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
a. hyperbole b. metaphor c. simile d. onomatopoeia e. repetition
3. Gracefully she sat down sideways,

With a simper smile
a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification e. alliteration
4. Drip—hiss—drip—hiss— fall the raindrops.

a. metaphor b. hyperbole c. simile d. onomatopoeia e. personification
5. The fountain tossed its water, / Up and up, like silver marbles.
a. simile b. hyperbole c. rhyme d. metaphor e. idiom
6. Falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along;

Were it not for laughing, I should pity him.
a. rhyme b. personification c. simile d. metaphor e. hyperbole
7. Lives of great men remind us

We can make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
a. simile b. metaphor c. onomatopoeia d. personification e. hyperbole
8. His sorrow goes

Like mountain snows
In waters sweet and clear,
a. simile b. hyperbole c. metaphor d. onomatopoeia e. repetition
9. The tear-drop trickled to his chin:

There was a meaning in her grin
a. hyperbole b. rhyme c. repetition d. simile e. metaphor
10. All night long with rush and lull

The rain kept drumming on the roof:
a. simile b. hyperbole c. repetition d. personification e. rhyme
Exercise 3: Read the following poem and then complete the form to analyze the extended metaphor.
Skill tested: identifying and explaining an extended metaphor
The School Cafeteria
The cafeteria is a jungle.
Wild animals scrambling for food.
Grunting like wild boars
Stampeding to the line
Devouring their prey
Cleaning their paws
and then returning to their dens.
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Quiz 1

Skill tested: identifying the right tone

Skill tested: Identifying figurative language techniques

1. When you, my Dear, are away, away,

3. Gracefully she sat down sideways,

4. Drip—hiss—drip—hiss— fall the raindrops.

6. Falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along;

7. Lives of great men remind us

8. His sorrow goes

9. The tear-drop trickled to his chin:

10. All night long with rush and lull

Skill tested: identifying and explaining an extended metaphor

The School Cafeteria

The cafeteria is a jungle.

Wild animals scrambling for food.

Grunting like wild boars

Stampeding to the line

Devouring their prey

Cleaning their paws

and then returning to their dens.

• In the poem, the ………………………………………………………………………..……….. is compared to a ………………………………………………..………..

How are the similarities that the poet sees? Why?

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