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LITERALLY the Best Quiz over Literary Elements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this literary element?

"Pigs pay Peter Pickle to park their prams."

a)

allusion

b)

alliteration

c)

assonance

d)

androids

2.

True or False: An allusion is a reference to something literary, mythological, historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or False: The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines is called an antithesis.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A(n) __________________ is a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced

a)

Euphemism

b)

foreshadowing

c)

antithesis

d)

hyperbole

5.

True or False: Irony is a situation or thing that happens or is said that is opposite of the expectation.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Saying "I did ok" when you made a 100% on a test is a(n) _______

a)

understatement

b)

Hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

idiom

7.

"It's raining cats and dogs" is a common _______________.

a)

simile

b)

oxymoron

c)

idiom

d)

pun

8.

True or False: An oxymoron is an expression in which two words that contradict each other are joined (eg. Heavy feather)

a)

True

b)

False

9.

"Hair We Are!" as the name on Beauty salon is a(n) ________.

a)

idiom

b)

anaphora

c)

personification

d)

pun

10.

An example of personification is: "He let the cat out of the bag." True or False

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Satire is the use of humor to express human strengths in social situations. True or False.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

He was a cool as cucumber is a simile. (True or False)

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Bang! Pow! Crash! are examples of ____________________.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Euphemism

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Understatement

14.

An understatement is a deliberate _________________ .

a)

representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is

b)

symbolization of something that is a direct comparison between two things.

c)

and intentional exaggeration to create an effect

d)

an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.

15.

A direct comparison of two things as a word picture or analogy is a(n) _______________.

a)

idiom

b)

metaphor

c)

antithesis

d)

onomatopoeia