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WorksheetsLit Devices Pre-Assessment
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is an example of
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
2.
A struggle or problem between opposing forces in a story.
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Plot
d)
Conflict
3.
"I like that boom boom pow..."
a)
Imagery
b)
Allliteration
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Personification
4.
What is diction?
a)
the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
b)
comparison between two different things using like or as
c)
word choice
d)
an exaggeration
5.
Identify the main literary device used here: The snow covered the ground like blanket of wool. The chilly wind burned the tips of my nose and ears. I tasted the icy snowflakes as they drifted down from the sky.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Rhythm
c)
Imagery
6.
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
hyperbole
7.
What is denotation?
a)
a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood
b)
word choice
c)
the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
d)
the dictionary definition of a word
8.
Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
9.
What is imagery?
a)
language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature
b)
the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
c)
use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
d)
type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
10.
What is tone?
a)
the author's attitude toward the subject and the audience
b)
word choice
c)
dictionary definition of a word
d)
an exaggeration
11.
Sarcasm, or stating the opposite of what is meant
a)
Verbal irony
b)
Situational irony
c)
Dramatic irony
12.
When the audience knows something important that a character doesn't know
a)
Dramatic irony
b)
Verbal irony
c)
Situational irony
13.
When the situation is the opposite of what it should be (e.g., a fire station burning down)
a)
Dramatic irony
b)
Situational irony
c)
Verbal irony
14.
When a narrative makes a brief "jump" into the past
a)
Flashback
b)
Exposition
c)
Dramatic Hook
d)
Flash-forward
15.
Fruit is fuel for healthy body.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Alliteration
16.
The narrator is a character in the story an words like “I” “me” “my”
a)
First Person Point-of-View
b)
Third Person Point-of-View
c)
Second Person Point-of-View
d)
Narrator's Point-of-View
17.
The central message, moral, or lesson in a literary work.
a)
Theme
b)
Context Clues
c)
Mood
d)
Plot
18.
The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister.
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
metaphor
19.
The narrator is outside of the story and tells the feelings and thoughts of characters. Uses words like “he,she,they."
a)
First Person Point-of-View
b)
Second Person Point-of-View
c)
Third Person Point-of-View
d)
Narrator's Point-of-View
20.
A conflict that takes place within the mind of a character
a)
Conflict
b)
External Conflict
c)
Internal Conflict
d)
Theme
21.
Which of the following is an example of an internal conflict?
a)
Katie yelling at Ryan
b)
Ryan failed his math test and is mad at himself because he didn't study.
c)
Diana going against the working conditions at the Concord Corporation.
d)
Harry Potter fighting the dementors.
22.
The feeling created in the reader while reading a text.
a)
Tone
b)
Mood
c)
Plot
d)
Imagery
23.
A struggle between a character and an outside force.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
External Conflict
c)
Conflict
d)
Theme
24.
The use of hints or clues in a literary work to suggest events that will happen in the future.
a)
Plot
b)
Suspense
c)
Symbol
d)
Foreshadowing
25.
A feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.
a)
Irony
b)
Theme
c)
Suspense
d)
Flashback
26.
Something that stands for itself and represents something beyond itself.
a)
Theme
b)
Image
c)
Symbol
d)
Hyperbole
27.
Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?
a)
Irony
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
28.
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
29.
A person who tells a story is called a/an
a)
narrator
b)
successor
c)
poet
d)
impersonator
30.
The pattern created by the arrangement of stressed syllables, especially in poetry is called
a)
rhythm
b)
rhyme
c)
dialect
d)
alliteration
31.
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
32.
A group of lines forming a unit in a poem is called
a)
stanza
b)
paragraph
c)
metaphor
d)
rhythm
33.
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
34.
The villain or negative force in a story is called a/an
a)
antagonist
b)
protagonist
c)
foil
d)
hero
35.
The hero, or the central character in a story is called a/an
a)
antagonist
b)
protagonist
c)
foil
d)
hero
36.
A repeated image or idea is called a
a)
motif
b)
subplot
c)
style
d)
prose
37.
A character whose personality changes significantly during the story.
a)
characterization
b)
narrator
c)
static character
d)
dynamic character
38.
What is connotation?
a)
The intended meaning of a word based on context.
b)
The opposing force in a story.
c)
Taking notes on a story or article.
d)
The dictionary definition of a word.
39.
What is characterization?
a)
Character traits
b)
What a character says and thinks
c)
The process in which the author tells the personality of a character.
d)
What a character looks like and what are his actions
40.
Which of the following is an example of direct characterization?
a)
He tapped his foot anxiously.
b)
"I wouldn't trust that man," said Ma.
c)
Frank was a shy, quiet person.
d)
Every time he earned a high grade, he would hang the test on his wall.
41.
Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?
a)
Marcia was a good listener and wonderful friend.
b)
Marcia felt the knot in her stomach grow when she saw the number of questions on the test and she tugged her hair anxiously.
c)
Marcia was a nervous person.
d)
Marcia was an optimist who always believed the best about people.
42.
Which of the following is NOT one of the strategies an author uses to reveal a character's personality?
a)
the character's thoughts
b)
the character's actions
c)
the way other characters treat him/her/it
d)
the character's traits
43.
What is the series of events in a story?
a)
conflict
b)
plot
c)
storyboard
d)
rising action
44.
Stores that feature characters like Cinderella exist in many cultures around the world. Cinderella is a(n)
a)
allusion
b)
archetype
c)
foil
d)
dynamic character
45.
Two characters who have opposite personalities reveal the traits of the other character, like Cinderella and her stepsisters.
a)
allusion
b)
archetype
c)
foil
d)
direct characterization
46.
A statement that appears to contradict itself, but upon closer examination actually makes sense.
a)
oxymoron
b)
paradox
c)
inference
d)
connotation
47.
"Pretty ugly" is an example of
a)
paradox
b)
oxymoron
c)
hyperbole
d)
characterization
48.
That test was a piece of cake! Is an example of a/an
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
49.
A play on words based on two different meanings of the same word or two different words with the same pronunciation.
a)
Irony
b)
Pun
c)
Allusion
d)
Oxymoron
50.
Taylor Swift:
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
a)
Allusion
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
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