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Literary Devices and Modes of Storytelling

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The giant tree was ablaze with red, orange, and gold leaves. This is an example of......

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Imagery

d)

Simile

2.

I am as hungry as a bear!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

3.

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

4.

The wind whistled through the trees during the storm.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

5.

The raindrops danced on the tabletop.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

6.

I was so tired after school that I slept for a month!

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

7.

The last day of school is like a day at the beach—easy and relaxing.

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

8.

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

9.

Trying to shop for gifts on Black Friday is like running with the bulls in Spain.

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

10.

What is the meaning of this simile?

My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time.

a)

Her hair is red

b)

She gets really angry

c)

She talks really loudly

d)

She spits when she talks

11.

What is the meaning of this metaphor?

After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area.

a)

Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.

b)

Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.

c)

Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.

d)

After the game, a tornado hit.

12.

What's the meaning of this personification?

The camera loves me!

a)

Photography is one of my hobbies.

b)

Photos of me are always really good.

c)

I own an expensive camera.

d)

I like to visit art museums.

13.

What's the meaning of this hyperbole?

Shawn would move mountains for Angela.

a)

Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together.

b)

Shawn would do anything for Angela.

c)

Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes.

d)

Angela is really pretty.

14.

"I sang like a bird" is an example of a.....

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

15.

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of a...

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

16.

She danced like a deer running through the forest.

This is an example of.....

a)

Metaphor

b)

Imagery

c)

Simile

d)

Cliche

17.

That fat cat weighs about a thousand pounds!

This is an example of.....

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Point of view

18.

"The city was a jungle" is an example of a.....

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

19.

What is an example of narration?

a)

I woke up at 6 a.m. and rushed to my desk.

b)

I realized I had class in three hours and 18 papers to grade!

c)

My piles of essays were scattered around my desk as if they had been hit by a tornado.

d)

"Breakfast is ready!" my mom yelled.

"In a minute!"

20.

Which one is an example of interior monologue?

a)

I realized I had class in three hours and 18 papers to grade! Dear Lord, I thought to myself.

b)

"Look, based on what you've shown me today, I'd love to work with you," he said.

"Really?" I responded, shocked.

c)

Reagan is my 12-year-old brother. He loves to draw, watch TV, and steal my snacks.

d)

Surrounding me were the lush flowers in the garden. They looked like diamonds and smelled like heaven.

21.

Which is an example of description?

a)

An extremely long and wordy passage everyone will choose because long passages = good passages, right?

b)

While I was in bed with the flu, I could hear the sound of the loud music and people's overlapping chatter downstairs.

c)

My friends were dancing, mingling, having a good time.

d)

Meanwhile, my classmate Egan was a musical genius—a god according to his friends.

22.

Which is an example of dialogue?

a)

My teacher wasn't a good one. He was mean and strict and never let people go to the bathroom.

b)

Chloe is my babysitter. She is the 16-year-old daughter of my neighbor who comes over on weekends.

c)

I was watching TV when my mom said, "Start getting ready in 30 minutes. We have to leave out of here at 11."

d)

He had a secret that he couldn't admit to anyone: he has seen Mean Girls 1,200 times.

23.

What is an example of exposition?

a)

None of the answer choices

b)

I ran to every teacher I could find and desperately asked, "Where is Room 105?"

c)

I couldn't believe what he said to me. No talent? He's lying. He's totally jealous of me.

d)

I wasn't very good at the piano. At the time, I thought I was a prodigy, but looking back, I was just arrogant.