Literary Devices Quiz 3

Choose the best answers.

This coffee shop is an ice box!

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

At his confirmation, Mark's father gave him a wooden cross that had been hand-carved by his great-grandfather. He said that he always found comfort in the cross, and hoped that Mark would too.

• Flashback
• Foreshadow

Although she thought the roller coaster ride would be fun, the sensation of being flipped through the air made Rosie relive the horrible car accident she had suffered eight years ago.

• Foreshadow
• Flashback

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?

• When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.

• It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.

• After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.

• Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!

1. What does the following passage from “Lob’s Girl” foreshadow?

_{The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.}

• A. Lob will travel many miles to find Sandy.

• B. An accident will happen on the hill.

• C. Lob will hike up the hill with Sandy.

• D. A person will be hurt.

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

Which of these is a hyperbole?

• They lived in a small cabin in the woods.

• The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower.

• Jackson was eating a bite-sized candy bar.

• The moon is overwhelmingly beautiful tonight.

This refers to the writer’s use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.

• Description

• Imagery

• Senses

• Symbols

In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier.  That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favourite cousin.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony