WorksheetsLITERALLY the Best Quiz over Literary Elements
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is this literary element?
"Pigs pay Peter Pickle to park their prams."
allusion
alliteration
assonance
androids
True or False: An allusion is a reference to something literary, mythological, historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize.
True
False
True or False: The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines is called an antithesis.
True
False
A(n) __________________ is a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced
Euphemism
foreshadowing
antithesis
hyperbole
True or False: Irony is a situation or thing that happens or is said that is opposite of the expectation.
True
False
Saying "I did ok" when you made a 100% on a test is a(n) _______
understatement
Hyperbole
onomatopoeia
idiom
"It's raining cats and dogs" is a common _______________.
simile
oxymoron
idiom
pun
True or False: An oxymoron is an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined (eg. Heavy feather)
True
False
"Hair We Are!" as the name on Beauty salon is a(n) ________.
idiom
anaphora
personification
pun
An example of personification is: "He let the cat out of the bag." True or False
True
False
Satire is the use of humor to express human strengths in social situations. True or False.
True
False
He was a cool as cucumber is a simile. (True or False)
True
False
Bang! Pow! Crash! are examples of ____________________.
Alliteration
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
Understatement
An understatement is a deliberate _________________ .
representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is
symbolization of something that is a direct comparison between two things.
and intentional exaggeration to create an effect
an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.
A direct comparison of two things as a word picture or analogy is a(n) _______________.
idiom
metaphor
antithesis
onomatopoeia
