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Literary Terms

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A reference to a recognizable person, event, work of art, or object in order to make a comparison

a)

Allusion

b)

Simile

c)

Stanza

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.

A situation or saying that reveals a contradiction with reality

a)

Irony

b)

Paradox

c)

Meter

d)

Rhythm

3.

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Assonance

d)

Caesura

4.

A comparison between two essentially unlike things

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Imagery

5.

A statement which appears to be self-contradictory but actually reveals a truth

a)

Paradox

b)

Allusion

c)

Rhythm

d)

Symbol

6.

A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" to make the connection

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Enjambment

d)

Stanza

7.

An object or idea that represents something else with a deeper meaning

a)

Symbol

b)

Meter

c)

Paradox

d)

Simile

8.

A group of poetic lines equivalent to a paragraph in prose

a)

Stanza

b)

Caesura

c)

Meter

d)

Repetition

9.

A rhyme pattern based on the last word of each line, denoted by capital letters

a)

Rhyme scheme

b)

Meter

c)

Symbol

d)

Rhythm

10.

The continuation of a sentence of poetry from one line to the next without a pause

a)

Enjambment

b)

Stanza

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Synesthesia

11.

A pause in a line of poetry due to punctuation or rhythmic flow, sometimes marked by a "double pipe"

a)

Caesura

b)

Meter

c)

Symbol

d)

Paradox

12.

A pattern of beats in a poem based on the number of syllables and stresses

a)

Meter

b)

Caesura

c)

Alliteration

d)

Symbol

13.

A similarity in sound at the end of two words within the same line or poetry

a)

Internal rhyme

b)

Rhyme scheme

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

14.

The occurrence of sound patterns in poetry

a)

Rhythm

b)

Repetition

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Enjambment

15.

A word, phrase, or line that is repeated in a poem for dramatic effect

a)

Repetition

b)

Assonance

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Allusion

16.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

17.

The repetition of vowel sounds without consonants

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Enjambment

d)

Internal rhyme

18.

A word that mimics the sound it is describing

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Rhythm

c)

Irony

d)

Synesthesia

19.

The attribution of human-like characteristics to something nonhuman

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Enjambment

d)

Hyperbole

20.

Language that appeals to physical senses

a)

Imagery

b)

Synesthesia

c)

Alliteration

d)

Symbol

21.

A figure of speech that connects one sense to another by describing one sense using the terms of another

a)

Synesthesia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Imagery

d)

Allusion

22.

The following is an example of ________________.

"So Eden sank to grief"

a)

Allusion

b)

Paradox

c)

Synesthesia

d)

Simile

23.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink"

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Symbol

24.

The following is an example of ________________.

"I'll love you dear, I'll love you / Till China and Africa meet"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Imagery

d)

Rhythm

25.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Irony

c)

Allusion

d)

Assonance

26.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is"

a)

Paradox

b)

Symbol

c)

Personification

d)

Assonance

27.

The following is an example of ________________.

"I wandered lonely as a cloud"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Internal rhyme

d)

Personification

28.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Why is it no one ever sent me yet / One perfect limousine, do you suppose? / Ah no, it's always just my luck to get / One perfect rose"

a)

Symbol

b)

Meter

c)

Allusion

d)

Personification

29.

The following is an example of ________________.

"They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.

Dinner is a casual affair.

Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,

Tin flatware"

a)

Stanza

b)

Meter

c)

Paradox

d)

Synesthesia

30.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind, (A)

But as for me, helas, I may no more. (B)

The vain travail hath wearied me so sore, (B)

I am them that farthest comest behind" (A)

ABBA

a)

Rhyme scheme

b)

Meter

c)

Allusion

d)

Symbol

31.

The following is an example of ________________.

"So much depends

upon

a red wheel

barrow"

a)

Enjambment

b)

Irony

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

32.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Once upon a midnight dreary, || while i pondered weak and weary"

a)

Caesura

b)

Symbol

c)

Assonance

d)

Stanza

33.

The following is an example of ________________.

u / u / u / u /

"Come live with me and be my love"

a)

Meter

b)

Stanza

c)

Repetition

d)

Imagery

34.

The following is an example of ________________.

"I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores"

a)

Internal rhyme

b)

Assonance

c)

Allusion

d)

Onomatopoeia

35.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

a)

Rhythm

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Imagery

d)

Simile

36.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Rage, rage, against the dying of the light"

a)

Repetition

b)

Rhyme scheme

c)

Assonance

d)

Paradox

37.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Beat! beat! drums! - blow! bugles! blow!"

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Allusion

d)

Rhyme scheme

38.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Hear the mellow wedding bells"

a)

Assonance

b)

Rhythm

c)

Metaphor

d)

Enjambment

39.

The following is an example of ________________.

"It's a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet razzes"

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Irony

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Repetition

40.

The following is an example of ________________.

"Because I could not stop for Death -

He kindly stopped for me"

a)

Personification

b)

Imagery

c)

Stanza

d)

Irony

41.

The following is an example of ________________.

"When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host of golden daffodils; / Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze"

a)

Imagery

b)

Synesthesia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Rhythm

42.

The following is an example of ________________.

"O tun thee to the very tale,

And taste the music of that vision pale"

a)

Synesthesia

b)

Imagery

c)

Symbol

d)

Meter