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WorksheetsLiterary Terms Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?
a)
Allusion
b)
Blank Verse
c)
Alliteration
d)
Iamb
2.
When a word has more than one meaning, with the second meaning usually risque, it is a/an
a)
Euphemism
b)
Double Entendre
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Simile
3.
Comic relief is
a)
when you're relieved that someone is finally funny
b)
a break in the seriousness
c)
when someone relieves themselves in a funny way
d)
when the only way you find relief is through comedy
4.
Non-rhyming poetry is also called
a)
Boring
b)
Free Bird
c)
Free Verse
d)
Sonnets
5.
When using speech that is not meant to be interpreted literally, it is called
a)
Figurative Language
b)
Sarcasm
c)
Allusion
d)
Harry Potter
6.
A reference to a well-known work of art, music, history, or literature is called a/an
a)
Reference
b)
Allusion
c)
Illusion
d)
Illuminati
7.
If you want to say something in a more pleasant way, you might use a/an
a)
Greeting card
b)
E-Card
c)
Imagery
d)
Euphemism
8.
When the audience knows something that the onstage actors do not, it is called
a)
Irony
b)
Dramatic Irony
c)
A Joke
d)
Tragedy
9.
A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" is called a/an
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Meteor
10.
When something happens that is the OPPOSITE of what was expected to occur, it is called
a)
Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Iron
11.
Hinting at events to come is called
a)
Fore
b)
Shadows
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Shadowing Four
12.
A unit in poetry that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called a/an
a)
Lamb
b)
Iamb
c)
I Am Legend
d)
iLamb
13.
Imagery is supposed to evoke _______________ in your mind.
a)
Images
b)
Math Questions
c)
Pandas
d)
Scenery
14.
The literary term for when a plot takes an unexpected turn is
a)
PLOT TWIST
b)
Reversal
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Pun
15.
A rhyming couplet is
a)
two rhyming lines at the end of a speech
b)
A couple that only speaks in rhyme
16.
When you attribute human like characteristics to non-human characters, you are using
a)
Humanification
b)
Personification
c)
Human-Person Character Trait Change
d)
The smiling tree said hello.
17.
When two opposite terms are used together it is called
a)
Opposite Day
b)
Oxyclean
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Oppositeitus
18.
A play on words that sound alike but have different meanings is called a/an
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Double Entenre
c)
Pun
d)
Bum
19.
Iambic pentameter is
a)
a 10 syllable line divided into 5 iambic feet
b)
A lamb divided into five parts
c)
A 20 syllable line divided into 5 iambic feet
d)
when a lamb walks 5 meters
20.
A simile compares two unlike things using the words
a)
"ike" or "sure"
b)
"like" or "as"
c)
"like" or" assurance"
d)
"mike" or "as"
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