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WorksheetsPlays and Literary Devices Pop Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
My love is like a red, red rose.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
2.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
3.
You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Irony
4.
In Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
5.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Irony
6.
The way the reader feels when reading a story.
a)
tone
b)
theme
c)
setting
d)
mood
7.
An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Simile
c)
Symbol
d)
Personification
8.
“This [guy] graduated at the top of our class / I went to Cheesecake, he was a waiter there” -- Kanye West, “School Spirit”
a)
Allusion
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Juxtaposition
d)
Chiasmus
9.
A play on words that usually involves words that sound alike and have two meanings.
a)
Pun
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Allusion
d)
Foil
10.
Characters in a drama that are opposite in nature that highlight each other's qualities.
a)
Pun
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Allusion
d)
Foil
11.
A contradiction between what a character believes and what an audience or reader knows to be true.
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Free Verse
c)
Iambic Pentameter
d)
Blank Verse
12.
A style of poem written with a consistent rhythm of 10 syllables per line and 5 "heartbeats" per line.
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Free Verse
c)
Iambic Pentameter
d)
Blank Verse
13.
The basic sections of a play.
a)
Acts and Scenes
b)
Dialogue
c)
Stage Direction
d)
Aside
14.
She knew she would have to work hard, but Jana had always wanted to win the spelling bee.
a)
main idea
b)
theme
15.
Family should come before anything else.
a)
main idea
b)
theme
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