English Test

  1. Which of these lines from the poem is an example of repetition?
    1. Girls are soft and gentle.
       
    2. I've got two arms
      And I've got two legs.
      I've got a heart
      And I've got a brain.
       
    3. They say that wearing dresses
      Has turned our brains to messes.
       

    4. And I’m gonna shout it
      To the whole wide world,
      If boys can do it
      So can a girl!

  2. Read this line from the poem:

    For these plans and these schemes
    And these hopes and these dreams
    Keep pounding away in my brain.
    Like the beat of a drum
    Something's good got to come.

This line includes which literary technique?

  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. alliteration
  4. repetition
  1. Which rhyming pattern is found in the poem below?

    We’ll do our best.
    We’ll give it a try,
    We’ll face this great test
    And we’ll do it or die!
    We'll find the courage to fight
    We'll give it all of our might
    Though you're not one of the boys-you're alright.
    1. AABBCCC
    2. ABABCCC
    3. ABBABBA
    4. ABCDEFG
       
  1. This passage is similar to the kind of writing found in :

    "You shall be Elizar's squire, Brian. Serve him well on this great quest."

    "I will, Your Majesty," said Brian, making a deep bow.

    1. myth
    2. poetry
    3. nonfiction
    4. drama
  2. Read this line from the poem:

    He’s scary and scaly.

    This line includes which literary technique?

    1. simile
    2. metaphor
    3. alliteration
    4. repetition
  3. Which of these lines from the poem is an example of rhyme?
    1. Oh the boys can do this,  
      And the boys can do that,
      And the boys can have all the fun.
       
    2. While we girls stay home,  
      Never daring to roam,
       
    3. Just sitting on our behinds.
       
    4. Well I get needles,
      And they get a sword.
      They get horses to ride.
  4. Which of these statements about this poem's use of rhyme is true?

    If the best are too good—
    If being good is a crime—
    Then why be alive?
    Just to use up time?
    Something is missing
    In the way they think;
    It’s a broken chain
    But you’re the missing link.
    1. The last word in each line rhymes.
    2. The first word in each line rhymes.
    3. The poem is written without rhyme.
    4. Every other line rhymes.
  5. This passage is similar to the kind of writing found in :

    Knight

    In the early Middle Ages the term knight designated a professional fighting man in the emerging feudal system. Some were as poor as the peasant class. However, over time, as this class of fighter became more prominent in post-Carolingian France, they became wealthier and began to hold and inherit land. Eventually, on the Continent of Europe, only those men could be knighted whose fathers or grandfathers had been knights; and the knightly families became known as the nobility.

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    1. fiction
    2. poetry
    3. nonfiction
    4. drama
  6. Read this line from the poem:

    The dragon will be mud now that Bill knows his name.

    This line includes which literary technique?

    1. simile
    2. metaphor
    3. alliteration
    4. repetition
  7. Read this line from the poem:

    She's making a dragon
    With canines as sharp as a knife

    This line includes which literary technique?

    1. simile
    2. metaphor
    3. alliteration
    4. repetition
  8. Which of these lines from the poem is an example of alliteration?

    1. He'll crunch up a bunch
      Of your bones for a stew.
       

    2. Revenge is a dragon that can set the world aflame.
      Revenge is what you want on whoever is to blame.
       
    3. Think my friend.
      Think of the magic of the wildwood.
       
    4. Powers of the deep and dark
       
  9. This passage is similar to the kind of writing found in :

    In another part of the forest Grizelda was pacing back and forth in her cottage, muttering to herself about the dragon and whether it would actually work her revenge on the king.
    1. fiction
    2. poetry
    3. newspaper
    4. folktale

Answer Key

  1. b repetition
  2. a simile
  3. b rhyming pattern
  4. d drama
  5. c alliteration
  6. b rhyme
  7. d rhyme
  8. c nonfiction
  9. b metaphor
  10. a simile
  11. d alliteration
  12. a fiction