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Literary Terms and Short Stories

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The light of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies." This is an example of?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

2.

Bang! Boom! this is an example of?

a)

Assonance

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

3.

"The General's eyes had left the ground and were traveling inch by inch up the tree." This is an example of?

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

4.

"An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake."

a)

mood

b)

metaphor

c)

Simile

5.

"Oh wild west wind thou breath of Autumn's being,..." this is an example of?

a)

Apostrophe

b)

alliteration

c)

assonance

6.

Rise high in the bright sky. This is an example of?

a)

allegory

b)

alliteration

c)

Assonance

7.

Sam sells seashells by the seashore. This is an example of?

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

simile

8.

The cabin overlooked the Sawtooth mountain range. Every window had a different viewpoint. This is an example of?

a)

hyprebole

b)

setting

c)

mood

9.

I tell you there was a million ducks on the pond this morning. This is an example of?

a)

mood

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

10.

The blue sky stretched as far as the eye could see. The only interruption was that of the snow covered mountains. This is an example of?

a)

hyperbole

b)

imagery

c)

metaphor

11.

“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” -- Emily Bronte. This is an example of?

a)

metaphor

b)

mood

c)

simile

12.

A short story with talking animals or characters conveying a moral?

a)

fable

b)

fairy tale

c)

a myth

13.

a child's story about magical creatures, and lands.

a)

fable

b)

fairy tale

c)

a myth

14.

A collection of stories that deal with the human condition, good and evil and the Gods.

a)

fables

b)

legends

c)

mythologoy

15.

An example of a proper noun is?

a)

Walmart

b)

I

c)

him

d)

A and B

16.

A noun is?

a)

person, place, thing, or idea

b)

person and place

c)

I don't know

17.

A verb that tells what the action is

a)

a verb

b)

an action verb

c)

a linking verb

18.

A word used to describe a noun or pronoun

a)

adjective

b)

a noun

c)

a verb

19.

How did Rapunzel end

a)

misaberaly ever after

b)

they all died

c)

happily ever after

20.

In the Riddle what was the the answer

a)

an ant

b)

a raven

c)

we read this