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Literary Terms Quiz 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an exaggerated statement that is done for emphasis but not supposed to be taken literally?

a)

superbowl

b)

hyperbole

c)

irony

d)

overstatement

2.

"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:

a)

irony

b)

song

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

3.

True or False:

Foreshadowing often occurs at the beginning of a chapter or story and gives a hint of what is to come later.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is it called when words are used in a way that their intended meaning is different than their actual meaning?

a)

allegory

b)

simile

c)

euphemism

d)

irony

5.

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" is called_______

a)

simile

b)

allegory

c)

metaphor

d)

valley girl

6.

A traffic cop gets his drivers license suspended due to unpaid parking tickets.


The sentence above is an example of what?

a)

an incomplete sentence

b)

metaphor

c)

irony

d)

allusion

7.

"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:

a)

imagery

b)

allusion

c)

magic realism

d)

imagination

8.

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?

a)

poetry

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

irony

9.

"You are as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device?

a)

connotation

b)

metaphor

c)

denotation

d)

simile

10.

"You don't get another chance, Life is no Nintendo game."

This lyric is an example of what literary device?

a)

euphemism

b)

foreshadow

c)

allusion

d)

flashback