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SUMMATIVE TEST IN ENGLISH 6

Name: _____________________________________________Score: ____________


I. Directions: Determine the meaning of the bolded expression. Choose the best
answer.

Idiom: A common expression understood figuratively, as the literal definition makes no


sense.

1. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over
backwards to entertain her nieces.

a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.


b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.
c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

2. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn’t been
for Suzie dragging him home for dinner.

a. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball.


b. Bobby didn’t even want to play ball to begin with.
c. Bobby prefers nature to athletics.
d. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.

3. Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the
thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild
horseplay.

a. Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.


b. Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.
c. Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other.
d. Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises.

4. Eric wanted to fix his cousin’s computer, but he was already having problems
setting up his Aunt’s Wi-Fi network and he didn’t want to open a whole new can of
worms.

a. Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family.


b. Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers.
c. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires.
d. Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem.

5. World renowned country western super group The Mountain Boys can sell out an
arena at the drop of a hat.
a. The Mountain Boys may be able to sell out an arena, but it will take a long time.
b. The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena very quickly.
c. The Mountain Boys are always willing to perform at charity events.
d. The Mountain Boys enforce a dress code at all of their shows.
II.Figurative Language – Identify It P) Personification S) Simile H)
Hyperbole M) Metaphor L) Literal I) Idiom

_____ 6. The traffic crawled along the congested highway.


_____ 7. The city slept well the night the murderer was captured.
_____ 8. Harry doesn’t believe men landed on the moon. He is doubting Thomas.
_____ 9. The house was small.
_____ 10. It takes my girlfriend an eternity to get dressed.
_____11. I have an axe to grind with my old enemy.
_____ 12. Her soft skin was like silk under his fingers.
_____ 13. Your teacher is an ocean of useful information.
_____ 14. My two-year-old daughter is the apple of my eye.
_____ 15. My new shoes cost a fortune.
III. Figurative Language – Define It
Figurative Language Personification Simile Hyperbole Metaphor Idiom
Literal Language
_________________16. Figurative language that uses the words “like” or “as” to compare
two things.
__________________17. Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to
achieve a special effect.
_________________18. Language that is plain and direct
_________________ 19. Figurative language that just means what it means, even though it
doesn’t make sense.
__________________20. Figurative language that exaggerates.
_________________21. Figurative language that gives human traits to a nonhuman thing
_________________22. Figurative language that implies that two things being compared
are the same thing, even though they are not.

IV. Read the lines of poetry. Slashes represent line breaks. Identify two or more
poetic techniques being used in each example and write them on the line.
There may be more than two techniques being used. In the boxes below,
explain each of your answers. (3points)

Out of the purple drifts,


From the shadow sea of night,
On tides of musk a moth uplifts
Its weary wings of white.

Which techniques are being used (list two or more)?


________________________________________________
(Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or
Rhythm)

How do you figure?


Explain how you got your
answer.__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

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