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Literary Devices in Lemon Brown

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“His father’s words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

2.

“Gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

3.

“He reached the house just as another flash of lightning changed the night to day for an instant, then returned the graffiti-scarred building to the grim shadows” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

4.

“Don’t try nothin’ ‘cause I got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

5.

“The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken…” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

6.

“His black, heavily wrinkled face was surrounded by a halo of crunkly white hair and whiskers…” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

7.

“Hard times always after a poor man. One day I got tired, sat down to rest a spell, and felt a tap on my shoulder. Hard times caught up with me” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

8.

“They used to say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

9.

“When you get as old as me, all you say when something hurts is ‘Howdy Mr. Pain, sees you back again'” contains:

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Imagery

10.

What is the author's purpose of passage #1? Select all of the narrative elements which are being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

11.

What is the author's purpose of passage #2? Select all of the narrative elements which are being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

12.

What is the author's purpose of passage #3? Select all of the narrative elements which are being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

13.

What is the author's purpose of passage #4? Select all of the narrative elements which are being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

14.

What is the author's purpose of passage #5? Select the narrative element which is being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

15.

What is the author's purpose of passage #6? Select the narrative element which is being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

16.

What is the author's purpose of passage #7? Select all of the narrative elements which are being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

17.

What is the author's purpose of passage #8? Select the narrative element which is being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

18.

What is the author's purpose of passage #9? Select all of the narrative elements which are being revealed:

a)

Setting

b)

Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood