WorksheetsLiterary Devices
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Schools should require students to wear uniforms on a daily basis due to the fact that students will experience less peer pressure, parents will spend less money on clothing, and schools will see a reduction of violence between students.
a)
Thesis
b)
Irony
c)
Tone
d)
Foreshadowing
2.
Brice is a tall boy with dark brown hair and dark eyes. He loves soccer and hanging out with his friends.
a)
Irony
b)
Mood
c)
Tone
d)
Characterization
3.
Two kids meet up in the hallway and start to fight.
a)
Conflict
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Analogy
d)
Onomatopoeia
4.
Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" has a deeper meaning. Robert Frost is encouraging people to follow their own path.
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Mood
d)
Tone
5.
A pencil is to paper as a keyboard is to a computer.
a)
Personification
b)
Thesis
c)
Analogy
d)
Oxymoron
6.
That new kid in science class is an Einstein!
a)
Euphemism
b)
Connotation
c)
Denotation
d)
Allusion
7.
Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" has a direct meaning that makes it seem like Robert Frost was just out for a walk.
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Mood
d)
Tone
8.
A nicer way of saying "You're fired" is "I'm going to have to let you go."
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Conflict
c)
Euphemism
d)
Symbolism
9.
The big headed, gray alien with the little, round pot belly looked on as the giant yellow beam zeroed in on the lonely cow.
a)
Imagery
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Tone
d)
Mood
10.
I remember a scary time in my life. It was when I had to move schools in fifth grade.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Flashback
c)
Puns
d)
Plot Structure
11.
This class is a million years long!
a)
Euphemism
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Imagery
12.
The reader finds out that a storm is coming, but the characters in the book don't know about it yet.
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Understatement
d)
Theme
13.
Lee Anne laughs loudly and lovingly.
a)
Allusion
b)
Alliteration
c)
Flashback
d)
Understatement
14.
Sometimes in a scary movie they play creepy music to hint about what's going to happen next.
a)
Understatement
b)
Allusion
c)
Analogy
d)
Foreshadowing
15.
Someone laughs at someone else for falling down. Then the person that laughed falls down too.
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Euphemism
d)
Thesis
16.
Shine bright like a diamond.
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
17.
The way the author feels about the writing.
a)
Symbolism
b)
Theme
c)
Tone
d)
Dramatic Irony
18.
A black cat can mean good marriage and a good future in southern England.
a)
Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Symbolism
19.
"Freak the Mighty" focuses on friendship and acceptance.
a)
Thesis
b)
Point of view
c)
Analogy
d)
Theme
20.
The way the reader feels about the writing.
a)
Mood
b)
Tone
c)
Characterization
d)
Allusion
21.
I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Theme
c)
Symbolism
d)
Alliteration
22.
Life is a highway
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Connotation
d)
Characterization
23.
This is the beginning of the end.
a)
Euphemism
b)
Paradox
c)
Conflict
d)
Flashback
24.
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
a)
Plot structure
b)
Personification
c)
Paradox
d)
Oxymoron
25.
The way the narrator is telling the story (I, me, my, you, your, him, her, etc.)
a)
Point of view
b)
Personification
c)
Plot structure
d)
Paradox
26.
Living dead, seriously funny, big baby, awfully lucky
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Tone
c)
Mood
d)
Oxymoron
27.
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.
a)
Flashback
b)
Connotation
c)
Irony
d)
Pun
28.
Our team lost the game 56-14. Our team was a little frustrated by their loss.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Characterization
c)
Understatement
d)
Theme
29.
The tree danced in the wind.
a)
Personification
b)
Characterization
c)
Imagery
d)
Hyperbole
30.
Emmett woke up early and got ready for school. He had to take a test before first period. Emmett knew that Oscar would be waiting for him in the hallway after he finished the test. Oscar wanted to know what was on the test, but Emmett had to decide if he should tell him or if that would be cheating.
a)
Man vs. Man
b)
Man vs. Self
c)
Man vs. Nature
d)
Man vs. Society
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