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Our Lady of The Pillar College-San Manuel Inc. San Manuel, Isabela
Learning Objectives:
Imagery and figures of speech make language creative
I. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Read the questions carefully then, write the letter of the correct and best
answer on the space provided before the item. Write E if there is no answer among the choices.
_____ 1. Which of the following words or phrases in the poem entitled Auto Wreck show comparison
directly and indirectly?
I. Ruby flare pulsing out red like an artery
II. Throats tight as tourniquets
III. Feet bound with splints
IV. Cancer, simple as a flower, blooms
_____ 2. Which of these words or phrases that are natural contrasts or contradictions?
I. Intimate and gauche
II. Sickly smile
III. Grim joke
IV. Banal resolution
V. Richest horror
VI. Expedient and wicked
A. I and IV
B. I, II, III, IV, V, VI
C. II, III, IV, V
D. None of the above
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B. The company responsible was Ted’s Chicken.
C. People are advised to return chicken bought last week.
D. The FDA has issued a recall.
_____ 5. The following statements are metonymy EXCEPT:
A. The pen is mightier than the sword.
B. Hollywood has been releasing a surprising amount of sci-fi movies lately.
C. A time traveler goes back in time and murders his own great-grandfather.
D. The kitchen is coming along nicely.
_____ 6. How does euphemism manifest?
A. Euphemism displays comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing.
B. Euphemism shows polite, mild phrases which substitute unpleasant ways of saying something sad or
uncomfortable.
C. Euphemism allows us to soften otherwise difficult or unpleasant things when we speak, especially to
children, or people who might be offended or disturbed by the situation we are talking about.
D. Both B and C
_____ 7. The following words and phrases are association EXCEPT?
A. Hyperbole – She’s going to die of embarrassment.
B. Metaphor – That football player is really putting the team on his back this evening!
C. Onomatopoeia – Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
D. Synecdoche – A boy has been admitted to the hospital. The nurse says, “He’s in good hands.”
_____ 8. What word or phrase in the poem “auto wreck” tells us it was an emergency?
A. Its quick soft silver bell beating, beating
B. The ambulance at top speed floating down
C. Who sweep glass and are large and composed
D. Both A and B
_____ 9. Which of these statements is exemplified as personification from the given verse?
“Ah William, we’re weary of weather,”
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
“Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?”
_____ 10. How does paradox and oxymoron different from each other?
A. Paradox and an oxymoron involve contradictions, they have an important difference. A paradox is a
rhetorical device or a self-contradictory statement that can actually be true while an oxymoron is a
figure of speech that pairs two opposing words.
B. An oxymoron is a logical puzzle that seems to contradict itself. No it isn't. Actually, it is. A paradox
is a figure of speech — words that seem to cancel each other out, like "working vacation" or "instant
classic."
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C. All of the above
D. None of the above
_____ 11. The following relations is a good euphemism EXCEPT?
A. Correctional facility (prison)
B. Enhanced interrogation (torture)
C. Break-up (divorce)
D. Economically challenged (poor)
_____ 12. A boy has been admitted to the hospital. The nurse says, “He’s in good hands.” Which of the
following figures of speech was used in statement?
A. Metonymy
B. Personification
C. Synecdoche
D. Euphemism
_____ 13. Allie likes all alliterations! What sounds repeat from the preceding passage?
A. “a” and “i”
B. “l” and “e”
C. “a” and “I”
D. “i” and “e”
_____ 14. “Nice ride, man”. This is a compliment sentence in which figure of speech was used in statement?
A. Synecdoche
B. Metonymy
C. Metaphor
D. Euphemism
_____ 15. “Nice rims, man”. This is also a compliment statement in which figure of speech was used in
statement?
A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Metonymy
D. Euphemism
_____ 16. Which of the following figurative language is used from the given text?
I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.
A. Personification
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Synecdoche
_____ 17. When one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it’s closely associated to or when
something is described indirectly by referring to things around it. What does the preceding statement refer
to?
A. Personification
B. Metonymy
C. Symbolism
D. Imagery
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_____ 18. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” What figures of speech was used in
statement?
A. Synecdoche
B. Symbolism
C. Metonymy
D. Personification
_____ 20. Which refers to how the words are arranged in a sentence or line?
A. Syntax
B. Diction
C. Theme
D. Motif
II. FIGURES of SPEECH. Read the following statements and identify the figures of speech that was
employed. Please refer to the box below for your answer and write the letter that that corresponds to
it.
III. WRITING HAIKU. Write a haiku describing the present condition of the world in the midst of
Pandemic. Your output will be graded using the rubric below.
Kigo is a word or phrase associated with a particular season, used in traditional forms of Japanese
poetry. Kigo are used in the collaborative linked-verse forms renga and renku, as well as in haiku, to indicate
the season referred to in the stanza.
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Prepared by:
ELVIS P. VIERNES
English Teacher
Checked/Noted by:
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Name and Parent’s Signature
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