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Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A comparison of two things, often using the words "like" or "as".
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
2.
Giving human characteristics to objects and phenomena.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
3.
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stressed syllable.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
oxymoron
d)
pun
4.
A phrase which contains words that seem to contradict one another.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
oxymoron
d)
pun
5.
The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
pun
6.
Where the true meaning behind a statement is intentionally quite the opposite of its literal meaning.
a)
pun
b)
hyperbole
c)
irony
d)
simile
7.
The setting is ... in which the story takes place.
a)
the time
b)
the place
c)
the time and the place
d)
the climax event
8.
The ... is what happens in the story.
a)
script
b)
plot
c)
climax event
d)
exposition
9.
Which kind of narrator is recounting the story? "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."
a)
first-person
b)
second-person
c)
third-person
d)
limited
10.
A narrative passage that takes the reader backwards in time.
a)
flashforward
b)
flashback
c)
foreshadowing
d)
allusion
11.
What will allow the beloved in Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 to live forever?
a)
the summer day
b)
the poem
c)
the beloved's beauty
d)
the speaker's feelings
12.
Romantic literature is characterized by several different things. One of the most important is the idea of ... .
a)
science
b)
emotion
c)
reason
d)
truth
13.
Which of the following does NOT refer to Romanticism?
a)
mystery
b)
emotion
c)
introspection
d)
science
14.
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stressed syllable.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
oxymoron
d)
pun
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