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WorksheetsLiterary Devices
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The perspective from which the story is told 1st, 3rd limited, 3rd omniscient.
a)
Point of View
b)
Theme
c)
Mood
d)
Tone
2.
The main character experiencing the conflict in a story.
a)
Protagonist
b)
Antagonist
c)
Tragic Hero
d)
Dynamic Character
3.
Character / Force that is in conflict with the protagonist.
a)
Antagonist
b)
Tragic Hero
c)
Dynamic Character
d)
Round Character
4.
Language that creates pictures by appealing to the senses.
a)
Imagery
b)
Theme
c)
Mood
d)
Diction
5.
The writer tells the reader what the characters are like.
a)
Indirect Characterization
b)
Direct Characterization
c)
Setting
d)
Theme
6.
The writer shows the reader what the characters are and allows the reader to be the judge.
a)
Direct Characterization
b)
Indirect Characterization
c)
Connotation
d)
Denotation
7.
The author's choice of words (purposeful language).
a)
Diction
b)
Rhetoric
c)
Idiom
d)
Tone
8.
Use of language to persuade the reader / audience to think / feel a certain way.
a)
Diction
b)
Rhetoric
c)
Words
d)
Verbal Irony
9.
A character that is fully developed.
a)
Round Character
b)
Flat Character
c)
Tragic Hero
d)
Protagonist
10.
An event occurs that violates expectations.
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Irony
c)
Idiom
d)
Point of View
11.
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be understood as a whole.
a)
Idiom
b)
Epic
c)
Verbal Irony
d)
Connotation
12.
A long story, often told in verse, involving Heroes and Gods. Provides a portrait of entire culture.
a)
Epic
b)
Allegory
c)
Allusion
d)
Tragedy
13.
Writer / Character says one thing but means another.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Irony
c)
Connotation
d)
Denotation
14.
The set of ideas or emotional associations a word suggests, in addition to its actual meaning.
a)
Connotation
b)
Denotation
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
15.
The dictionary meaning of a word without any emotional associations.
a)
Denotation
b)
Connotation
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
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