WorksheetsLiterary Devices Keystone Terms #2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event
a)
Allusion
b)
Dialogue
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Flashback
2.
A conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama
a)
Allusion
b)
Dialogue
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Flashback
3.
Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling
a)
Allusion
b)
Dialogue
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Flashback
4.
An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story. They are often introduced as recollections or memories of characters.
a)
Allusion
b)
Dialogue
c)
Figurative Language
d)
Flashback
5.
An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
6.
An exaggeration or overstatement (Ex. I had to wait forever).
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
7.
Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
8.
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity or disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
9.
Tool used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text (Ex. Dialogue, alliteration, imagery, etc.)
a)
Literary Device
b)
Metaphor
c)
Motif
d)
Personification
10.
The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as (Ex. Her eyes were a vast ocean)
a)
Literary Device
b)
Metaphor
c)
Motif
d)
Personification
11.
A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work
a)
Literary Device
b)
Metaphor
c)
Motif
d)
Personification
12.
An object or idea given human qualities or a human form (Ex. Flowers danced around the lawn).
a)
Literary Device
b)
Metaphor
c)
Motif
d)
Personification
13.
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as (Ex. The ants scurried as fast as a cheetah).
a)
Simile
b)
Symbolism
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
14.
A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
a)
Simile
b)
Symbolism
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
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