I. Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds I.

I. Read each question carefully and choose the letter that corresponds
to the best answer. to the best answer.

1. If technical writing is just to inform or to persuade, then how do you 1. If technical writing is just to inform or to persuade, then how do you
characterize it? characterize it?
A. imaginative and metaphoric B. subjective A. imaginative and metaphoric B. subjective
C. formal and standard D. general and evocative C. formal and standard D. general and evocative
2. The following are the characteristics of imaginative writing 2. The following are the characteristics of imaginative writing
EXCEPT_____ EXCEPT_____
A. entertain, provoke, captivate B. factual, straightforward A. entertain, provoke, captivate B. factual, straightforward
C. informal, artistic, figurative D. arbitrary, artistic C. informal, artistic, figurative D. arbitrary, artistic
3. How does a figure of speech add flavor to the writings? 3. How does a figure of speech add flavor to the writings?
A. It gives a familiar expression or saying. A. It gives a familiar expression or saying.
B. It makes a writer go beyond the literal meaning B. It makes a writer go beyond the literal meaning
C. It is what the author literally means. C. It is what the author literally means.
D. It is something only writers use. D. It is something only writers use.
4. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious 4. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious
exaggeration for emphasis or to create some other specific effect is exaggeration for emphasis or to create some other specific effect is
________. ________.
A. simile. B. metaphor. A. simile. B. metaphor.
C. hyperbole. D. metonymy. C. hyperbole. D. metonymy.
5. What figure of speech is used when a closely related term or 5. What figure of speech is used when a closely related term or
symbol is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is symbol is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is
used for a more abstract idea? used for a more abstract idea?
A. metaphor. B. hyperbole. A. metaphor. B. hyperbole.
C. personification. D. metonymy. C. personification. D. metonymy.
6. A figure of speech is 6. A figure of speech is
A) a familiar expression or saying. A) a familiar expression or saying.
B) a nonliteral way of saying something. B) a nonliteral way of saying something.
C) what the author literally means. C) what the author literally means.
D) something only writers use. D) something only writers use.
7. Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are 7. Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are
A) simile and metonymy. A) simile and metonymy.
B) metonymy and metaphor. B) metonymy and metaphor.
C) personification and hyperbole. C) personification and hyperbole.
D) simile and metaphor D) simile and metaphor
8. The first step in interpreting a simile or metaphor is to 8. The first step in interpreting a simile or metaphor is to
A) determine the two things that are being A) determine the two things that are being
compared. compared.
B) decide the important way in which two things B) decide the important way in which two things
might be alike. might be alike.
C) reason out the author's intended meaning. C) reason out the author's intended meaning.
D) none of the above9. When words are literal, they D) none of the above9. When words are literal, they
mean exactly what they say. mean exactly what they say.
9. What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving 9. What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving
things are spoken about as if they were human? things are spoken about as if they were human?
A) metaphor A) metaphor
B) hyperbole B) hyperbole
C) personification C) personification
D) metonymy D) metonymy
10. Another name for figure of speech is figurative language. 10. Another name for figure of speech is figurative language.
A) True A) True
B) False B) False

II. Identify the figure of speech used in the following II. Identify the figure of speech used in the following
sentences. sentences.

___________1. The camel is the ship of the desert.
___________2 The tree quaked with fear as the wind
approached.
___________3. O Hamlet! Thou has cleft my heart in twain.
___________4. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
___________5. Variety is the spice of life.
___________6. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages
have seen in thy face?
___________7 . The White House will be announcing the
decision around noon today
___________ 8. Blind justice was not on his side.
___________9The bottle fizzed then popped.
___________10.The hose is a green snake on the lawn.
___________1. The camel is the ship of the desert.
___________2 The tree quaked with fear as the wind
approached.
___________3. O Hamlet! Thou has cleft my heart in twain.
___________4. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
___________5. Variety is the spice of life.
___________6. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages
have seen in thy face?
___________7 . The White House will be announcing the
decision around noon today
___________ 8. Blind justice was not on his side.
___________9The bottle fizzed then popped.
___________10.The hose is a green snake on the lawn.