WorksheetsParadox & other terms
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the paradox.
a)
The best advice I have for you is: don’t listen to advice.
b)
The rains came.
c)
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
d)
She cared for him all his life.
2.
Identify the paradox.
a)
The dress cost a million dollars.
b)
I’d rather be lucky than smart.
c)
It’s twelve minutes until midnight.
d)
She stood in the empty room.
3.
A statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless true.
a)
Monologue
b)
Paradox
c)
Foil
d)
Dialogue
4.
Something that happens that the audience does not expect to happen
a)
Scene
b)
Stage Directions
c)
Tragic Flaw
d)
Situational Irony
5.
Identify the paradox.
a)
Whose turn is it?
b)
Robert carefully built a model of the ship.
c)
Remember to take out the trash.
d)
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
6.
The character flaw in the hero/heroine that leads to his/her downfall
a)
Tragic Hero
b)
Tragic Flaw
c)
Foil
d)
Irony
7.
The main character that makes bad decisions, leading to his/her downfall
a)
Tragic Hero
b)
Tragic Flaw
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Foil
8.
Identify the paradox.
a)
The clouds drifted lazily in the sky.
b)
The person who wrote that book can’t write.
c)
The clown fish swam comically in the aquarium.
d)
I was confused by the lesson.
9.
Try to light the fire by the ottoman over there.
a)
Synecdoche
b)
Assonance
c)
Analogy
d)
Metaphor
10.
Identify the paradox.
a)
She is an awfully good singer.
b)
The blank page stared back at me.
c)
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
d)
They danced in the moonlight.
11.
Deep down you are actually quite shallow.
a)
Paradox
b)
Anaphora
c)
Pun
d)
Hyperbole
12.
Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved.
a)
Simile
b)
Anaphora
c)
Assonance
d)
Analogy
13.
The tall trees towered over the town.
a)
Pun
b)
Alliteration
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Irony
14.
I see many new faces here tonight.
a)
Synecdoche
b)
Irony
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Simile
15.
A horse is a very stable animal.
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Pun
c)
Paradox
d)
Assonance
16.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Analogy
d)
Simile
17.
Gosh he is romantic; quite the Romeo!
a)
Allusion
b)
Analogy
c)
Assonance
d)
Hyperbole
18.
That hairdresser really needs a haircut.
a)
Euphemism
b)
Irony
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
19.
As a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.
a)
Analogy
b)
Assonace
c)
Anaphora
d)
Alliteration
20.
I awoke to the smell of burnt coffee and could hear bacon sizziling in the frying pan.
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Personification
c)
Imagery
d)
Anaphora
21.
Katie is as talkative as an auctioneer.
a)
metaphor
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
personification
22.
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopeia
d)
metaphor
23.
Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes.
a)
oxymoron
b)
paradox
c)
apostrophe
d)
malapropism
24.
This quiz is a piece of cake.
a)
simile
b)
malapropism
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
25.
Katniss is the mockingjay to the people of Panem.
a)
alliteration
b)
paradox
c)
imagery
d)
symbol
26.
I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.
a)
allusion
b)
imagery
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
27.
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.
a)
allusion
b)
imagery
c)
alliteration
d)
idiom
28.
The witches in the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth hint that evil events that will follow.
a)
allusion
b)
foreshadowing
c)
imagery
d)
hyperbole
29.
An elephant’s opinion carries a lot of weight.
a)
pun
b)
hyperbole
c)
imagery
d)
allusion
30.
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France.
a)
paradox
b)
oxymoron
c)
anaphora
d)
apostrophe
31.
“There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction”
a)
allusion
b)
simile
c)
paradox
d)
personification
32.
“The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies.”
a)
simile
b)
allusion
c)
personification
d)
metaphor
33.
Identify the paradox.
a)
Whose turn is it?
b)
Robert carefully built a model of the ship.
c)
Remember to take out the trash.
d)
If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
34.
What kind of Allusion is this?
a)
Literary
b)
Mythological
c)
Biblical
d)
Historical
35.
Allusions are based primarily on
a)
personal intuition
b)
shared knowledge
c)
imaginative comparisons
d)
cultural symbols
36.
Which of the following would be the BEST definition for the word INFERENCE?
a)
making a guess about something
b)
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence AND reasoning
c)
creating false presumptions
d)
summarizing a portion of text
37.
"The air was heavy with the stench of blood, and as he looked down, the normally white floor was covered in dark, congealing liquid."
a)
Alliteration
b)
Plot
c)
Symbolism
d)
Imagery
38.
Taylor Swift references to Shakespeare in her hit single: “You were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles and my Daddy said stay away from Juliet…”. This is an example of what literary device
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Allusion
d)
Symbolism
39.
The Black Eyed Peas have that “Boom Boom Pow.” This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
40.
Katy Perry comments about her boyfriend’s behavior, complaining, “You change your mind like a girl changes clothes.” This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Imagery
b)
Simile
c)
Allusion
d)
Metaphor
41.
Lady Gaga tells her lover, “I’m your biggest fan, I’ll follow you until you love me…Baby, there’s no other superstar, you know that I’ll be your papa, paparazzi.” This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Allusion
d)
Metaphor
42.
Jason Mraz explains what it is like to fall in love: “I tried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted. I fell right through the cracks, now I’m trying to get back.” This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Allusion
c)
Pun
d)
Imagery
43.
Coldplay inspires the hopeless with his lyrics, “Lights will guide you home and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix you.” This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Pun
b)
Personification
c)
Simile
d)
Foreshadowing
44.
In Jordin Sparks’ song “Battlefield,” her lyrics represent something other than itself when she sings, “Can’t swallow our pride, Neither of us want to raise that flag, if we can’t surrender then we both gonna lose what we had, oh no”. This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Personification
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Symbolism
d)
Metaphor
45.
.Lil’Wayne raps that, “Spring hating on me, ‘cause I ain’t never sprung. Winter hating on me ‘cause I’m colder than ya’ll, and I would never, I would never, I would never Fall. I’ve been hated by the seasons”. This is an example of what literary device?
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Pun
d)
Metaphor
46.
When Jay-Z raps that, “It's less than likely, move back, Let I breathe, Jedi knight The more space I get, the better I write”. This is an example of which literary device?
a)
Symbolism
b)
Allusion
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
47.
. Katy Perry sings, “Baby you’re a firework, come on show ‘em what you’re worth…Boom Boom Boom even brighter than the moon moon moon” Which two literary devices are being used?
a)
Simile & Metaphor
b)
Metaphor & Onomatopoeia
c)
Personification & Simile
d)
Imagery & Onomatopoeia
48.
An Allegory is...
a)
To think or imagine
b)
a story, poem, or picture that has a hidden meaning
c)
the end of a story
d)
firm or secure
49.
To be Ignorant is to be...
a)
confused
b)
intelligent
c)
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned
d)
of the mind
50.
To be Enlightened is...
a)
to give intellectual or spiritual light to
b)
to go quickly
c)
to be right or accurate
d)
to force someone to do something
51.
To infer is to...
a)
go up quickly
b)
go down quickly
c)
conclude from evidence rather than an explicit statement
d)
a contemplation of some higher spiritual reality
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