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WorksheetsLiterary Devices 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history, or in a literary work is called
a)
argument
b)
allusion
c)
denotation
d)
inference
2.
An educated guess based on information and evidence in a text and the reader's prior knowledge is called
a)
inference
b)
introduction
c)
allusion
d)
contrast
3.
To show how something is DIFFERENT is to
a)
contrast
b)
compare
c)
foreshadow
d)
conflict
4.
An object or idea standing for something else in a story is called
a)
symbolism
b)
personification
c)
assonance
d)
flashback
5.
A literary device that is used in stories to give clues to upcoming events is called
a)
alliteration
b)
foreshadowing
c)
allusion
d)
hyperbole
6.
A figure of speech that give human qualities to nonhuman objects (Example: The wind whispered through the trees) is called
a)
personification
b)
mood
c)
resolution
d)
alliteration
7.
The time, place, and circumstances in which a story occur is called
a)
setting
b)
climax
c)
mood
d)
prediction
8.
Devices that authors use to enhance their literary work are called
a)
conflicting views
b)
literary elements
c)
implied themes
d)
points of view
9.
A literary work's emotional effect on audience is called
a)
irony
b)
assonance
c)
mood
d)
symbolism
10.
The writer's choice of setting, choice of vocabulary and other details that impacts general mood of the writing is called
a)
flashback
b)
allusion
c)
setting
d)
tone
11.
A person who tells a story is called a/an
a)
narrator
b)
successor
c)
poet
d)
impersonator
12.
A concentrated form of writing which is imaginative, emotional, and thought-provoking is called
a)
suspense
b)
dialect
c)
drama
d)
poetry
13.
The pattern created by the arrangement of stressed syllables, especially in poetry is called
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme
c)
dialect
d)
alliteration
14.
What is the rhyme of the following poem "At the Seaside" by Robert Louis Stevenson?
When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup,
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.
When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup,
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.
a)
aabccb
b)
aabbcc
c)
aabcbc
d)
abcabc
15.
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem is called
a)
stanza
b)
paragraph
c)
metaphor
d)
rhythm
16.
Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next one is called
a)
oral tradition
b)
narrative
c)
dialect
d)
characterization
17.
A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
contrast
d)
tone
18.
The villain or negative force in a story is called a/an
a)
antagonist
b)
protagonist
c)
foil
d)
hero
19.
The hero, or the central character in a story is called a/an
a)
antagonist
b)
protagonist
c)
foil
d)
hero
20.
A repeated theme is called a
a)
motif
b)
subplot
c)
style
d)
prose
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