Answer these questions to test your knowledge of the important terms, concepts, and skills in this chapter.

1		A figure of speech is
			A)	a familiar expression or saying.
			B)	a nonliteral way of saying something.
			C)	what the author literally means.
			D)	something only writers use.
2		Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.
			A)	true
			B)	false
3		A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener.
			A)	true
			B)	false
4		Two figures of speech that involve comparisons are
			A)	simile and metonymy.
			B)	metonymy and metaphor.
			C)	personification and hyperbole.
			D)	simile and metaphor.
5		The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis or to create some other specific effect is
			A)	simile.
			B)	metaphor.
			C)	hyperbole.
			D)	metonymy.
6		The words like and as typically appear in a
			A)	simile.
			B)	metaphor.
			C)	personification.
			D)	metonymy.
7		When a closely related term or symbol is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is used for a more abstract idea, the figure of speech is referred to as a
			A)	metaphor.
			B)	hyperbole.
			C)	personification.
			D)	metonymy.
8		Another name for figure of speech is figurative language.
			A)	true
			B)	false
9		There are
			A)	5 figures of speech.
			B)	250 figures of speech.
			C)	more than 250 figures of speech.
			D)	more than 500 figures of speech.
10		Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important than understanding the meaning of the figure of speech.
			A)	true
			B)	false
11		Two types of irony are
			A)	alliteration and apostrophe.
			B)	assonance and litotes.
			C)	verbal and situational.
			D)	onomatopoeia and synecdoche.
12		When words are literal, they mean exactly what they say.
			A)	true
			B)	false
13		What is the figure of speech in which nonhuman or nonliving things are spoken about as if they were human?
			A)	metaphor
			B)	hyperbole
			C)	personification
			D)	metonymy
14		In irony, words mean the opposite of what they appear to be saying or an occurrence is contrary to what is expected or intended.
			A)	true
			B)	false
15		The first step in interpreting a simile or metaphor is to
			A)	determine the two things that are being compared.
			B)	decide the important way in which two things might be alike.
			C)	reason out the author's intended meaning.
			D)	none of the above