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WorksheetsLiterary Terms Quiz 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 48mins
What is an exaggerated statement that is done for emphasis but not supposed to be taken literally?
superbowl
hyperbole
irony
overstatement
"Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium"
The underlined phrase above is an example of:
irony
song
simile
metaphor
True or False:
Foreshadowing often occurs at the beginning of a chapter or story and gives a hint of what is to come later.
True
False
What is it called when words are used in a way that their intended meaning is different than their actual meaning?
allegory
simile
euphemism
irony
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called_______
simile
allegory
metaphor
valley girl
A traffic cop gets his drivers license suspended due to unpaid parking tickets.
The sentence above is an example of what?
an incomplete sentence
metaphor
irony
allusion
"Sea and sky were a single ash-gray thing and the sands of the beach, which on March nights glimmered like powdered light, had become a stew of mud and rotten shellfish”
This is an example of:
imagery
allusion
magic realism
imagination
When language, often figurative language, is used to represent objects, actions, and ideas in a way that it appeals to our physical senses or creates a picture in our mind, the author is said to be using what literary device?
poetry
imagery
personification
irony
"You are as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device?
connotation
metaphor
denotation
simile
"You don't get another chance, Life is no Nintendo game."
This lyric is an example of what literary device?
euphemism
foreshadow
allusion
flashback
