WorksheetsLiterary Terms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Motif
2.
The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant.
What are the words in blue an example of?
What are the words in blue an example of?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Motif
d)
Setting
3.
In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?
a)
What the story is about
b)
The topic of the text
c)
A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
d)
Where and when the story happens
4.
What is the "mood" of a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
5.
Setting is defined as the _______ and _______ of the story.
a)
tone and place
b)
time and place
c)
tone and plot
d)
time and plot
6.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An extreme exaggeration
b)
A little exaggeration
c)
Similar sounds
d)
Compares two things using like or as
7.
Which of the following is a hyperbole?
a)
She is as pretty as a flower.
b)
She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.
c)
She is a beautiful flower.
d)
She is very pretty.
8.
Allusion is defined as______
a)
Two lines working as a unit
b)
A reference to a famous person, place, or event
c)
A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
d)
Words that involve one of the five senses
9.
Irony usually involves something that is
a)
false
b)
silly
c)
unexpected
d)
unimportant
10.
The attitude of an author toward his or her subject is the
a)
atmosphere
b)
conflict
c)
persona
d)
tone
11.
A hint of something happening later on...
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Motif
d)
Alliteration
12.
A look back to an earlier event...
a)
Flashback
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Homophone
d)
Assonance
13.
What is conflict?
a)
Two characters getting along.
b)
A struggle between two opposing forces.
c)
The climax in a story.
d)
Part of the resolution.
14.
The person who tells a story is called a ___________________________________?
a)
Loudmouth
b)
Narrator
c)
Snitch
d)
Know-it-all
15.
Is this imagery?
They ate food
They ate food
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
No clue
16.
What is imagery?
a)
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
b)
a joke
c)
It's nothing Ms. Stone just made it up
d)
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
17.
The snow was as white as a cloud.
This sentence is an example of:
This sentence is an example of:
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
18.
The word "genre" means...
a)
an animal
b)
a kind or type
c)
a food
d)
a genius
19.
An idea repeated throughout a text
a)
Motif
b)
Personification
c)
Tone
d)
Flashback
20.
Something used for or regarded as representing something else
a)
Motif
b)
Imagery
c)
Symbol
d)
Mood
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