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Semantics Test 4

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Semantics Test 4

1. The document provides a semantics test with 20 multiple choice questions about figures of speech. 2. Students are instructed to fill in their answers in the response boxes below and then submit the completed test to their teacher for grading. 3. The test questions cover common figures of speech like metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification, euphemism and irony.

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Semantics.

Test 4

Sinh viên điền đáp án chọn vào khung trả lời dưới đây
Sau khi hoàn thành bài test, SV gởi lại cho GV chấm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Choose the best answer (0.5m x 20 = 10m)


1. The figure of speech used in “She has a tongue of king” is_____.
a. metonymy b. metaphor c. synecdoche d. personification
2. The figure of speech used in “A disease has cut his breath” is_____.
a. metonymy b. metaphor c. synecdoche d. simile
3. The figure of speech used in “The audience besieged the speaker with counterarguments” is_____.
a. personification b. metonymy c. synecdoche d. metaphor
4. The figure of speech used in “Hearing the news, he rooted at place” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. personification
5. The figure of speech used in “He washed his hands out of the matter” is_____.
a. personification b. metonymy c. synecdoche d. metaphor
6. The figure of speech used in “If you don’t agree, you can talk to the Department ” is_____.
a. metonymy b. euphemism c. personification d. synecdoche
7. The figure of speech used in “I have to work all day long to feed four mouths ” is_____.
a. metaphor b. metonymy c. synecdoche d. personification
8. The figure of speech used in “The stream serpents in the plain” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. personification
9. The figure of speech used in “He was let down by his sweetheart” is_____.
a. synecdoche b. metonymy c. metaphor d. personification
10. The figure of speech used in “This paper proved that he was right” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
11. The figure of speech used in “On the stage of life, everyone is an actor” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
12. The figure of speech used in “He is trying his best to win her heart” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
13. The figure of speech used in “His words pierced her heart” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
14. The figure of speech used in “The Princess captured the hearts of the nation” is_____.
a. irony b. euphemism c. metaphor d. synecdoche
15. The figure of speech used in “I can’t hold your icy hands” is_____.
a. metaphor b. euphemism c. metonymy d. synecdoche
16. The figure of speech used in “The breeze caresses her long black wavy hair” is_____.
a. metonymy b. euphemism c. personification d. synecdoche
17. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Life is a dream’ may mean_____.
a. Life is fragile b. Life is vulnerable c. Life is beautiful d. Life is not true
18. Figuratively, the sentence ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child’ may mean_____.
a. You shouldn’t use the rod with children
b. You should punish children severely
c. If you don’t punish the child when he does something wrong, you’ll spoil his character.

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d. You should beat children when they make mistakes
19. Figuratively, the sentence ‘He is so hardheaded that he won’t listen to anyone’ may mean_____.
a. he is very courageous b. he has a very hard head
c. he is very intelligent d. he is very obstinate
20. Figuratively, the sentence ‘It is amazing what a great mind he is’ may mean_____.
a. I’m amazed by his intellectual power b. he is open-minded
c. he has a very big head d. he is not intelligent at all

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