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WorksheetsLiterary Devices and Figurative Language
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a simile?
a)
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
b)
Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
c)
Words that imitate sounds.
d)
A comparison of two unlike subjects WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as."
2.
What is a metaphor?
a)
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
b)
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
c)
A comparison of two unlike subjects WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as."
d)
Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
3.
What is personification?
a)
The use of words to imitate sounds.
b)
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
c)
Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
d)
Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
4.
What is imagery?
a)
The use of words to imitate sound.
b)
Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
c)
Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
d)
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
5.
What is an onomatopoeia?
a)
The use of words to imitate sound.
b)
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
c)
Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.
d)
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
6.
What is an idiom?
a)
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
c)
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
d)
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
7.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
b)
A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
c)
The use of words to imitate sound.
d)
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
8.
What is alliteration?
a)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
b)
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
c)
Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
d)
The use of words to imitate sound.
9.
What is the following an example of... "Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low..."
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
imagery
d)
metaphor
10.
What is the following an example of... "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog..."
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
11.
What is the following an example of... "I like that boom boom pow..."
a)
imagery
b)
hyperbole
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
personification
12.
What is the following an example of... "Yeah I heard it through the grape vine..."
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
13.
What is the following an example of... "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town."
a)
hyperbole
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
14.
What is the following an example of... "My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around..."
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
alliteration
15.
What is the following an example of... "The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky... are also on the faces of the people passing by. I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do. They're really saying I love you."
a)
imagery
b)
idiom
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
16.
What is the following an example of... "And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket..."
a)
metaphor
b)
idiom
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
17.
What are the sequence of events in a story called?
a)
point of view
b)
plot
c)
setting
d)
characterization
18.
What are the events that occur in a story that build up to the climax?
a)
rising action
b)
falling action
c)
exposition
d)
resolution
19.
What is the most intense part of the story?
a)
falling action
b)
rising action
c)
exposition
d)
climax
20.
What are the events that happen after the climax that help wrap up the previous problems?
a)
falling action
b)
rising action
c)
exposition
d)
climax
21.
What is the part of the story in the beginning where a lot of information is learned?
a)
climax
b)
exposition
c)
rising action
d)
resolution
22.
What is the leading character in the story called?
a)
hero
b)
protagonist
c)
antagonist
d)
good guy
23.
What is the opposing force for the main character called?
a)
protagonist
b)
foil character
c)
antagonist
d)
static character
24.
What is the time, place, and environment of the story called?
a)
setting
b)
atmosphere
c)
point of view
d)
theme
25.
What is the main idea or lesson learned from the story called?
a)
plot
b)
mood
c)
theme
d)
character
26.
What are hints, clues, or warnings about something that will happen later in the story called?
a)
flashback
b)
setting
c)
allusion
d)
foreshadowing
27.
What is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events?
a)
suspense
b)
tone
c)
mood
d)
flashback
28.
What is it called when you use surrounding words or phrases to figure out the meaning of an unknown word?
a)
point of view
b)
context clues
c)
foreshadowing
d)
allusion
29.
What is it called when you say the opposite of what you really mean?
a)
pun
b)
allusion
c)
verbal irony
d)
tone
30.
What is the development of a character's traits throughout a story called?
a)
characterization
b)
conflict
c)
point of view
d)
tone
31.
What is the perspective of the narrator called?
a)
conflict
b)
characterization
c)
point of view
d)
mood
32.
What is the main problem of the story called?
a)
point of view
b)
conflict
c)
tone
d)
pun
33.
What is the attitude of the writer called?
a)
tone
b)
mood
c)
conflict
d)
point of view
34.
What are the feelings of the reader called?
a)
point of view
b)
characterization
c)
tone
d)
mood
35.
What is it called when there's a break in the story to retell past events?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
verbal irony
c)
flashback
d)
pun
36.
What is it called when literature references anything famous?
a)
allusion
b)
pun
c)
verbal irony
d)
point of view
37.
What is a play on words called?
a)
pun
b)
allusion
c)
conflict
d)
verbal irony
38.
Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is which type of character?
a)
antagonist
b)
foil character
c)
static character
d)
protagonist
39.
President Snow from The Hunger Games is an example of which type of character?
a)
antagonist
b)
foil character
c)
static character
d)
protagonist
40.
"Friends are sometimes as valuable as family" is an example of a
a)
setting
b)
point of view
c)
theme
d)
plot
41.
A story takes place in Ola, AR during 2016. This is an example of
a)
conflict
b)
point of view
c)
setting
d)
characterization
42.
During The Voyage of the Frog, David talked about how he didn't look at the weather forecast before he sailed out. This is an example of
a)
flashback
b)
foreshadowing
c)
point of view
d)
allusion
43.
"That dog is as friendly as a rattlesnake" is an example of
a)
verbal irony
b)
pun
c)
allusion
d)
mood
44.
1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person are types of
a)
characterization
b)
conflict
c)
point of view
d)
setting
45.
Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. fate are types of
a)
characterization
b)
conflict
c)
point of view
d)
setting
46.
"I can't wait until summer!!!" uses which tone?
a)
dread
b)
sad
c)
excitement
d)
sarcasm
47.
What is the mood of this statement? "Summer is just around the corner!!!"
a)
ecstatic
b)
fear
c)
anger
d)
annoyance
48.
Mentioning the Beatles, Mustangs, and Corvairs in The Outsiders are examples of
a)
puns
b)
foreshadowing
c)
allusions
d)
conflict
49.
"I really wanted a camouflage shirt, but I couldn't find one" is an example of a/an
a)
pun
b)
allusion
c)
verbal irony
d)
tone
50.
Showing how Ponyboy changed from the beginning of the story to the end is an example of
a)
setting
b)
point of view
c)
characterization
d)
theme
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