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WorksheetsTorres Literary Devices Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What literary device is used when you want to use a figurative meaning of a word?
Consonance
Connotation
Denotation
Simile
What is a hyperbole?
A literal comparison of two different things
An exaggeration for purposeful effect, and not to be taken literally
A comparison of literal things
A very active aquatic mammal
What is an allusion?
A magic trick
When your eyes play tricks on you
When an author refers to a person, event, thing in history, or work of art or literature
When an author makes something disappear in a story
A word that imitates the sound it describes.
Personification.
Onomatopoeia
Motif
Metaphor
The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.
Which device is represented in the sentence above?
allegory
oxymoron
imagery
personification
Choose ALL of the metaphors.
Time is money.
You are my sunshine.
The tall girl stood out like a sore thumb.
He has a heart of stone
Choose ALL of the similes.
Busy as a bee.
You're a couch potato.
Brave as a lion.
Clean as a whistle.
croak, caw, buzz, whirr, swish, hum, quack, meow, oink, and tweet are examples of what literary device?
personfication
Onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
Choose the sentence that illustrates alliteration.
John fell in love with the Jane's long, flowing black hair.
Dreams are the medicine to the soul.
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
None of the above illustrate alliteration
The stony wall enclosed the garden.
assonance
consonance
none
rhyme
figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
tone
synecdoche
alliteration
Rumours about a hired gun having been ordered for assassination were rampant.
hyperbole
synecdoche
What is repetition?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Words or phrases that repeat
Words that sound the same
The repetition of consonant sounds inside of words
I see the cat. I see the dog. I see the dragon. What do you see?
Consonance
repetition
alliteration
Find the onomatopoeic word.
Crruunch!
Hey
Dog
Cat
What is the denotation of gathering?
jump
to bring together
sweetly held
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
