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Writer's Devices

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A metaphor is...

a)

A comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as" between them

b)

Giving objects and things human qualities

c)

A direct comparison of 2 unlike things

d)

sound words

2.

"Then the flames leaped up, reaching my face." This quote has an example of...

a)

a metaphor

b)

personification

c)

a simile

d)

onomatopoeia

3.

In the Six + 1 Traits of Writing, CONVENTIONS are...

a)

Places where businessmen share their ideas

b)

the structure of sentences

c)

vocabulary

d)

grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization

4.

"he looked vulnerable and homely, with two visible font teeth--my own were missing at the time--..."

a)

rule of three

b)

repetition

c)

contrast

d)

humor

5.

A hyperbole is...

a)

a comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as' between them.

b)

a sound word

c)

giving objects lifelike (human) characteristics

d)

an extreme exaggeration used for effect

6.

"...his tail, long, and bare and very stiff, stuck out." This quote contains...

a)

rule of three

b)

a metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia (sound pattern)

d)

contrast

7.

To repeat important words or phrases for emphasis

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

8.

The end of the words sound the same...

You can reach the sky

If you try

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

9.

The beginning of the words sound the same...

The silky, slender snake slithered through the grass.

a)

rhyme

b)

repetition

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

10.

Emotive language is when words evoke (create) a particular emotion in the reader, e.g. anger.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is Personification?

a)

A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used.

b)

A literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea, as if it were a person

c)

When the rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry.

d)

A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (like or as) is used

12.

Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore is an example of?

a)

onomatopeia

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

simile

13.

A phrase that means something other than what it says is?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

14.

The burning wood hissed and cracked.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

15.

"if she had just looked at my very innocent face, my wide-open, completely uncriminal eyes..." This quote contains an example of...

a)

alliteration

b)

emotive language

c)

rhetorical question

d)

simile

16.

"I looked like a ballerina." This quote contains...

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

17.

"I smelled the burning and heard a horrible crackling as the fire singed my hair..." This quote contains...

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia (sound patterns)

d)

personification

18.

"Brian's head is so hard, I think the floor took more damage than he did." This quote contains...

a)

rule of three

b)

sound patterns

c)

humor

d)

contrast

19.

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

a)

climax ordering

b)

alliteration

c)

parallelism

d)

repetition

20.

Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Concrete

d)

Allusion

21.

"Let us go forth to lead the land we love."

a)

Allusion

b)

Contrast

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition