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WorksheetsPoetry and Literary Elements
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In a piece of literature, the "speaker" is
The person talking in the text
The author
The main character
the radio
What is first person point of view?
The text is told from the perspective of "you"
The text is told from the perspective of "I" or "me"
The text is told from a detached observer who knows and sees everything.
The text is told from a narrator with limited knowledge of every character's thoughts.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
The text is told from from the position of "I" or "me"
The text is told from the position of "you"
The narrator tells the story with unlimited knowledge of all things happening.
The narrator tells the story with limited knowledge of the characters or has insight into only ONE character.
The theme can be defined as
the overall topic of the text
a song that represents something important to the text
the universal message that an author is trying to convey
the author's attitude about the text
Tone can be defined as
the author's attitude toward the subject, audience, or character
word choice
the way a person talks
the color of the illustrations
An author creates tone through
sentence structure
theme
word choice
definitions
Which of these words would be considered "sound devices"?
tone, theme, mood
simile, metaphor, hyperbole
noun, verb, adverb
rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration
An example of onomatopoeia would be
cat, sat, hat
pow, buzz, bang
It was as hot as an oven outside!
The stuffed bear smiled as the little boy hugged him closely.
Which words help create a negative tone in "A Dream Deferred"?
dry up, explode, fester
raisin, sweet, dream
deferred, load, sun
run, crust, just
Slang, jargon, and dialect are all forms of
figurative language
theme
diction
alliteration
