ST. VINCENT’S HIGH SCHOOL INC.

La Castellana, Negros Occidental

ENGLISH 9
SECOND PERIODICAL EXAM

Name: ___________________________________Grade9-_______________ Score:________

I.
Directions: Read the following statements and identify the correct answer by choosing your answer inside
the box below. Write your answer on the space provided. (2 points)

__________1. Refers directly or indirectly to something that is assumed to be known by everyone, such as an
event, book, etc.
__________2. The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more adjacent words.
__________3.Events turn out the opposite of what was expected.
__________4. the opposite of overstatement; it is the ironic minimalizing of fact, presents something as less
significant than it is.
__________5. A direct comparison of seemingly unlike things
__________6. A device wherein the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with
it. One type is synecdoche wherein a part represents the whole.
__________7. Involves ironic, bitter, and sharp language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something
__________8. The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.
__________9. Words literally state the opposite of the speaker's true meaning.
__________10. The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences
figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration of an event or action
__________11. Directly addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstract idea
__________12. Sound device where the natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words
__________13. The author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by giving them human
attributes or emotions.
__________14. A faithful report of the exact words uttered by a speaker or written by a writer. It is placed
inside quotation marks and accompanied by a reporting verb, signal phrase, or quotative frame.
__________15. Does not use quotation marks; it reports what the person uttered without using the exact words.

Irony Direct Speech Personification Apostrophe Sarcasm Assonance

Hyperbole Verbal irony Allusion Metonymy Metaphor

Understatement Situational Irony Alliteration Indirect Speech

II.

Directions: Read the following sentences and choose the literary device used. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. You made my world stop with just one look.

a. Metaphor b. Personification c. Hyperbole
2. Wow! You are so gifted! You could be awarded first place in being stupid!
a. Verbal irony b. Sarcasm c. Allusion
3. My performance was okay.
a. Understatement b. Overstatement c. Assonance
4. You’re holding a blade and you want to save them. You’re brave.
a. Understatement b. Overstatement c. Assonance
5. My Dear Flowers! Let me see your beauty.
a. Apostrophe b. Personification c. Hyperbole
6. The beautiful bride beamed in the bright sun
a. Verbal irony b. Alliteration c. Allusion
7. Danica is friendly, but no one wants to be her friend.
a. Situational irony b. Sarcasm c. Allusion
8. The pen is mightier than the sword.
a. Understatement b. Metonymy c. Assonance
9. I heard a Fly buzz - when I died –
b. Onomatopoeia b. Sarcasm c. Allusion
10. The light danced on the surface of the water.
a. Metaphor b. Personification c. Hyperbole
III.
Directions: Read the following sentences and convert them into indirect speech.
1. Rahul told to me, “When are you leaving?”
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2. “Where do you live?” the stranger asked Aladdin.
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3. The teacher said to Shelly, “Why are you laughing?”
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4. Dhronacharya said to Arjun, “Shoot the bird’s eye.”
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5. “Call the first convict,” said the jury.
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6. “Call the ambulance,” said the man.
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7. Bruce said to me, “I shall do the work.”
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8. My mother said to me, “You were wrong.”
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9. Mr Richard said to me, “Please wait here till I return.”
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10. The captain said to me, “Bravo! You have played well.”
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