Grade 9 English Practice Exam
- 1.Explain the difference between Analyzing and Evaluating a Non-Fiction text below.
- 2.Write text here
- 3.List the four ways character is revealed?
- 4.What are the main conflicts in A Midsummer Nights Dream?
- 5.Name what Mrs. Dubose addicted to?
- A.
None of the below
- B.
Crack/Cocaine
- C.
Meth
- D.
LSD
- E.
Opium
- 6.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"Giving humanistic or animalistic qualities to an inanimate object".
- A.
Oxymoron
- B.
Personification
- C.
Simile
- D.
Alliteration
- 7.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"Words that sound like they mean".
- A.
Onomatopoeia
- B.
Assonance
- C.
Personification
- D.
Hyperbole
- 8.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"An exaggeration or an overstatement".
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Simile
- C.
Allusion
- D.
Hyperbole
- 9.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"Repetition of the same phonetic sound in the same sentence at the beginning of the word, usually consonants".
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Oxymoron
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Metaphor
- 10.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"Making references to someone or something in pop culture".
- A.
Allusion
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Simile
- D.
Personification
- 11.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"The repetition of the same phonetic sound in the middle of the sentence, usually vowels".
- A.
Simile
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Assonance
- 12.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"A comparison of two unlike objects".
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Onomatopoeia
- D.
Personification
- 13.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"A comparison of two objects using the words 'like' or 'as' "
- A.
Hyperbole
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Simile
- 14.Which Poetic Device fits the following description?"The combining of two contradictory terms".
- A.
Oxymoron
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Allusion
- 15.Which of the following is an example of Personification?
- A.
He was like a bullet.
- B.
The bullet ran through the man.
- C.
The man outran the bullet.
- D.
The bullet entered him with a pang.
- 16.Which of the following is an example of a Metaphor?
- A.
It was almost as if fireflies were in her eyes.
- B.
Here eyes were as bright as fireflies.
- C.
Her eyes were like fireflies.
- D.
Her eyes were fireflies.
- 17.A free verse poem:
- A.
Is meant to be sung.
- B.
Has no rhyme, meter, or regular rhythm.
- C.
Has no rhyme or meter, but does have a regular rhythm.
- 18.A narrative:
- A.
Has a beginning, middle, and an end.
- B.
Has no plot line.
- 19.A really long simile is also known as:
- A.
An epic simile.
- B.
A really long simile.
- 20.An epic poem is:
- A.
A short narrative.
- B.
A long narrative.
- C.
A long ballad.
- 21.A Midsummer Nights Dream falls into which conflict category?
- A.
Person vs. Self
- B.
Person vs. Person
- C.
Person vs. Supernatural
- D.
Person vs. Environment
- E.
Person vs. Society
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