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WorksheetsLiterary Terminology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
ALLUSION
a)
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
b)
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
c)
A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
d)
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
2.
Hyperbole
a)
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
b)
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
c)
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
d)
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
3.
SIMILE
a)
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.
b)
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
c)
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
d)
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
4.
Mood
a)
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
b)
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
c)
The overall emotional feeling of a work.
d)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
5.
METAPHOR
a)
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
b)
A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
c)
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.
d)
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.
6.
PERSONIFICATION
a)
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
b)
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
c)
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
d)
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
7.
Speaker
a)
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
b)
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.
c)
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
d)
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
8.
Rhyme Scheme
a)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
b)
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
c)
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
d)
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
9.
Stanza
a)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
b)
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
c)
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
d)
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
10.
Imagery
a)
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.
b)
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
c)
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
d)
A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
11.
Onomatopeia
a)
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
b)
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
c)
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
d)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
12.
Oxymoron
a)
A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
b)
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
c)
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.
d)
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
13.
END RHYME
a)
The overall emotional feeling of a work.
b)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
c)
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
d)
The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
14.
INTERNAL RHYME
a)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
b)
The overall emotional feeling of a work.
c)
The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry.
d)
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
15.
SLANT RHYME
a)
The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry.
b)
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
c)
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
d)
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
16.
REPETITION
a)
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
b)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
c)
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
d)
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
17.
ALLITERATION
a)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
b)
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
c)
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
d)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
18.
CONSONANCE
a)
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds.
c)
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
d)
The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
19.
SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM
a)
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
b)
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
c)
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
d)
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
20.
THEME
a)
The overall emotional feeling of a work.
b)
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
c)
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
d)
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
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