WorksheetsLiterary Devices
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Exposition
a)
Essential background information at the beginning of a story.
b)
The development of the conflict.
c)
The start of the conflict.
2.
Rising Action
a)
The start of the conflict.
b)
The development of the conflict.
c)
The turning point of the story.
3.
Inciting Incident
a)
The development of the conflict.
b)
The turning point of the story.
c)
The event that begins the story's conflict.
4.
Climax
a)
The start of the conflict.
b)
Results or effects of the story's climax.
c)
The turning point of the story.
5.
Falling Action
a)
Results or effects of the story's climax.
b)
The end of a story when loose ends are tied up.
c)
The start of the conflict.
6.
Resolution
a)
The essential background information at the beginning of a story.
b)
The end of a literary work when loose ends are tied up.
c)
The development of the conflict.
7.
Setting
a)
The main events in a story.
b)
The moral of a story.
c)
Time and place in which a story is set.
8.
Conflict
a)
The struggle between two opposing forces.
b)
The characters in a story.
c)
When a story takes place.
9.
Characterization
a)
How the author develops characters and their personalities.
b)
The main character in a story.
c)
The bad force in a story.
10.
Protagonist
a)
Character who opposes the story's main character.
b)
Main character of a literary work.
c)
A side character in a literary work.
11.
Antagonist
a)
Character who opposes the story's main character.
b)
Main character of a literary work.
c)
A side character in a literary work.
12.
Dialogue
a)
A word chosen to create a specific effect.
b)
A category in which a work of literature belongs
c)
Direct speech between two characters.
13.
Point of View
a)
A particular attitude, belief, or way of thinking.
b)
Sequence of events in a literary work.
c)
The main character.
14.
First Person Point of View
a)
I, me, my
b)
You, us, we
c)
He, she, it, they
15.
Second Person Point of View
a)
I, me, my
b)
You, us, we
c)
He, she, it, they
16.
Third Person Point of View
a)
I, me, my
b)
You, us, we
c)
He, she, it, they
17.
Tone
a)
How readers feel.
b)
The author's attitude toward the subject of a text.
c)
A technique the keep readers guessing what will happen next.
18.
Mood
a)
Group of lines a poem.
b)
The author's attitude toward the subject of a text.
c)
Emotions (felt by readers) created by a text through words and descriptions used.
19.
Diction
a)
Word chosen by a writer to create specific effects.
b)
A comparison using "like" or "as."
c)
A hint of what is to come in the future.
20.
Foreshadowing
a)
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning.
b)
A story depicts events that took place in the past.
c)
A hint of what is to come in the future.
21.
Flashback
a)
Hint of what is to come in the future.
b)
A story depicts events that took place in the past.
c)
Language that appeals to the five senses.
22.
Dramatic Irony
a)
When the result is the opposite of what was expected.
b)
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
c)
When the audience knows something the character does not.
23.
Situational Irony
a)
When the result is the opposite of what was expected.
b)
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
c)
When the audience knows something the character does not.
24.
Verbal Irony
a)
When the result is the opposite of what was expected.
b)
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
c)
When the audience knows something the character does not.
25.
Suspense
a)
The authors attitude toward the subject of a piece of work.
b)
Voice in a poem; person who is speaking.
c)
Technique that keeps readers guessing what will happen next.
26.
Symbol
a)
An object, person, or place used to represent something else
b)
A character speaks his/her thoughts out loud.
c)
Place where story takes place.
27.
Imagery
a)
Pictures that appear in stories.
b)
Language that appeals to the five senses.
c)
Images drawn by the characters.
28.
Theme
a)
The main idea in an essay.
b)
The underlying meaning of a literary work.
c)
Who's telling the story.
29.
Allusion
a)
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds.
b)
An indirect reference to something well-known.
c)
How the author develops the characters and personalities
30.
Thesis
a)
The final paragraph in an essay.
b)
The ending of a fictional story.
c)
The main idea in an essay.
31.
Speaker
a)
Voice in a poem; person who is speaking.
b)
A group of lines in a poem.
c)
Repetition of identical sounds.
32.
Stanza
a)
Voice in a poem; person who is speaking.
b)
A group of lines in a poem.
c)
Repetition of identical sounds.
33.
Rhyme Scheme
a)
Voice in a poem; person who is speaking.
b)
A group of lines in a poem.
c)
Rhyming pattern among lines of poetry. Ex: (ABAB CDCD EE)
34.
Meter
a)
A unit of rhythm in poetry; the pattern of the beats
b)
Repetition of identical sounds
c)
Voice in a poem; person who is speaking
35.
Soliloquy
a)
A speech given by a single character to an audience.
b)
A character speaks his/her thoughts out loud while alone.
c)
A character speaks but isn't heard by others on the stage.
36.
Monologue
a)
A speech given by a single character to an audience.
b)
A character speaks his/her thoughts out loud while alone.
c)
A character speaks but isn't heard by others on the stage.
37.
Aside
a)
A speech given by a single character to an audience.
b)
A character speaks his/her thoughts out loud while alone.
c)
A character speaks but isn't heard by others on the stage.
38.
Simile
a)
Non-human things are given human characteristics.
b)
Comparison between dissimilar things NOT using "like" or "as"
c)
Comparison between dissimilar things using "like" or "as."
d)
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
39.
Metaphor
a)
Non-human things are given human characteristics.
b)
Comparison between dissimilar things NOT using "like" or "as"
c)
Comparison between dissimilar things using "like" or "as."
d)
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
40.
Personification
a)
Non-human things are given human characteristics.
b)
Comparison between dissimilar things NOT using "like" or "as"
c)
Comparison between dissimilar things using "like" or "as."
d)
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
41.
Alliteration
a)
Non-human things are given human characteristics.
b)
Comparison between dissimilar things NOT using "like" or "as"
c)
Comparison between dissimilar things using "like" or "as."
d)
Repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words.
42.
Hyperbole
a)
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning
b)
Words that represent sounds
c)
Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory.
d)
The same words or phrases stated more than once for effect.
43.
Onomatopoeia
a)
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning
b)
Words that represent sounds
c)
Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory.
d)
The same words or phrases stated more than once for effect.
44.
Oxymoron
a)
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning
b)
Words that represent sounds
c)
Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory.
d)
The same words or phrases stated more than once for effect.
45.
Repetition
a)
Extreme exaggeration to add meaning
b)
Words that represent sounds
c)
Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory.
d)
The same words or phrases stated more than once for effect.
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