Eight Grade final test

Name:________________________                          Date:  _____________________

I.  DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blank with the correct definition.

Alliteration/ Hyperbole /Onomatopoeia /Simile/ Metaphor/ Idiom /Personification

1.  A funny exaggeration is called a/an _____________________.

2.  ______________________ is when you give human-like qualities to 
something that I not human.

3. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called 
_________________________.

4. A comparison using like or as is a/an _________________________.

5. A/an ________________ is an expression that is not meant to be 
taken literally.

6. Words that resemble the sound they describe is 
________________________.

7.  A comparison of two nouns that don’t use like or as is a/an 
________________.

II.  DIRECTIONS: Write four sentences to describe this picture. Use any of the following types of figurative language. Then identify the kind you use.

Alliteration /Hyperbole /Onomatopoeia/ Simile Metaphor/ Idiom /Personification

1. __________________________________________________________

Type: ____________________

2.  __________________________________________________________

Type: ____________________

3.  __________________________________________________________

Type: ____________________

4.  __________________________________________________________

Type: ____________________

III. Directions:  Read the following poems, and respond to these questions to the best of your ability. Answer the questions completely. If  you need more space, use the back or a separate sheet.

Sketch

By Carl Sandburg

The shadows of the ships

Rock on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Of the tardy and the soft inrolling tide.

A long brown bar at the dip of the sky

Puts an arm of sand in the span of salt.

The lucid and endless wrinkles

Draw in, lapse and withdraw.

Wavelets crumble and white spent bubbles

Wash on the floor of the beach.

Rocking on the crest

In the low blue lustre

Are the shadows of the ships.

Review Questions

1. Identify an example of  personification: explain what is being personified how.

2. Identify an example of hyperbole: explain how it is exaggerated.

3. Identify an example of metaphor: explain which two things are being compared.

4. Find two separate examples of alliteration:  List the alliterative words.

5. Where is  repetition used in this poem? Why do you think that it is used this way?

6. What action is described in the third stanza of the poem?

7. How is imagery used in this poem? What is described?

IV.  Mark the rhyme scheme for each of the following poems.

1.     Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village, though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

2.     Life has loveliness to sell,

All beautiful and splendid things,

Blue waves whitened on a cliff,

Soaring fire that sways and sings,

And children’s faces looking up

Holding wonder like a cup.

V. Directions:  Read the poem above and answer the questions that follow.

Alice

by Herbert Bashford

                                                Of deepest blue of summer skies

                                                Is wrought the heaven of her eyes.

                                                Of that fine gold the autumns wear

                                                Is wrought the glory of her hair.

                                                Of rose leaves fashioned in the south

                                                Is shaped the marvel of her mouth.

                                                And from the honeyed lips of bliss

                                                Is drawn the sweetness of her kiss,

                                                ‘Mid twilight thrushes that rejoice

                                                Is found the cadence of her voice,

                                                Of winds that wave the western fir

                                                Is made the velvet touch of her.

                                                Of all earth’s songs God took the half

                                                To make the ripples of her laugh.

                                                I hear you ask, “Pray who is she?” –

                                                This made that is so dear to me.

                                                “A reigning queen in Fashion’s whirl?”

                                                Nay, nay!  She is my baby girl.

1.  How many lines are in the poem?	2.  How many stanzas are in the poem?
22. What is the rhyme scheme?      A  abba           B  aabbcc…                C  abcd      D  abbccd	23. The poet compares Alice’s mouth to      which of the following things?      A  fir      B  rose leaves      C  autumn      D  earth’s songs
3. Which of the following best states the      main idea of this poem?      A  Parenting is very difficult      B  Alice is a beautiful baby      C  The author’s childhood was wonderful      D  Nature is similar to a baby	4. In the first stanza the words blue and      skies have the same relationship as which      words in the fourth stanza?      A  Drawn and sweetness      B  Bliss and kiss      C  Honeyed and lips      D  From and her