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Literary Terms Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

What is a reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion politics, sports, science or some other branch of culture

allusion

foreshadowing

ambiguity

irony

What is it called when there is a pattern across literature of many cultures, including the same sorts of characters or ideas?

archetype

epic poem

epithet

allusion

What point of view is this: "Pat was distracted thinking about the bird outside the window. The bird chirped, and Pat jumped, startled."

First person

Third person limited

Third person omniscient

What point of view is this: "Kayla felt nervous as she approached the counter to order. Liz, who was equally nervous because it was her first day on the job, tripped on her way to take Kayla's order."

First person

Third person limited

Third person omniscient

What point of view is this: "I wondered when I would be able to get another cup of coffee."

First person

Third person limited

Third person omniscient

What is personification?

When a non-human character is given human characteristics

When you compare something using like or as

When you compare something without using like or as

When you reference a famous event or person

Which of the following is an example of apostrophe?

"Come, let me clutch thee"

"Macbeth shall sleep no more"

"Something wicked this way comes"

"When shall we three meet again?"

Which literary term describes a character whose qualities set off/enhance those of another character?

Hubris

Protagonist

Nemesis

Foil

A speech that is delivered alone, reveals character's thoughts and feelings

Prose

Soliloquy

Syntax

Free verse

10.

Which poet would be most likely to use Iambic Pentameter?

Maya Angelou

Robert Frost

Margaret Atwood

William Shakespeare

11.

A story where the events, people are objects are symbolic of another meaning, often used to teach a moral lesson

Canon

Utopia

Satire

Allegory

12.

A play on words based on a similarity in sound between two words with different meanings.

Sarcasm

Pun

Satire

Oxymoron

13.

A poem with no rhyme or meter may be called:

vignette

free verse

synecdoche

prose

14.

"She slurped a slushie and sat in the warm sun." is an example of:

Alliteration

Consonance

Assonance

Allusion

15.

"Hear the mellow wedding bells" is an example of:

Assonance

Alliteration

Consonance

Connotation

16.

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

a phrase bringing together two contradictory terms

a literary exaggeration for the purpose of providing emphasis

the use of words in which the sense is suggested by the sound

a comparison using like or as

17.

A direct comparison between two things.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

18.

The following is an example of what type of literary device: Heather is a beautiful snowflake.

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Verbal Irony

19.

What is the literary definition of a imagery?

A way of speaking that's characteristic of a particular place or group of people

Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses

Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison

Comparing two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"

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Literary Terms Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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