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Literary Terms

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is personification?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
2.
What is onomatopoeia?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
3.
What is alliteration?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
4.
A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects
a)
Juxtaposition
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
5.
What poetic device is this?
a)
Repetition
b)
Consonance
c)
Assonance
d)
Alliteration
6.
Assonance is ...
a)
the repetition of vowel sounds / letters
b)
the repetition of consonant sounds / letters
c)
none of these
d)
repetition of a line
7.
What is consonance?
a)
The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
b)
the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
c)
the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
d)
the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry
8.
Big, bad Bernie Bean-Toes ate two banana bunches
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
why does Ms. Schleiden let her cat eat bananas?
9.
I balked when I saw the tall cop in the hall; I knew he was looking for you.
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
What did you do this time?!
10.
Chilly chicken children shivered with goosebumps
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Do chickens get goosebumps or chickenbumps?
11.
Slippery, smooth silk slipped through Sarah's slender fingers
a)
alliteration
b)
assonance
c)
consonance
d)
Tim sure gets sick often
12.
What is the difference between repetition and alliteration?
a)
alliteration is repeated words; repetition is sounds
b)
repetition is repeated words, alliteration is sounds
c)
One starts with an r, one starts with an a.
d)
If every poem you write is "que sera, sera," it doesn't matter.
13.

Instead of a paragraph, a chunk of lines in poetry are called a...

a)

paragraph

b)

stanza

c)

couplet

d)

rhyme

14.
What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
a)
AABB
b)
ABAB
c)
ABCB
15.

What is End Rhyme?

a)

Rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced.

b)

Rhyme within a single line of verse when a word from the middle of a line is rhymed with a word at the and of the line.

c)

The rhyming of the last syllables of a line.

d)

When words sound like they rhyme, but are not exact rhymes for each other.

16.

What is Internal Rhyme?

a)

Rhymes only when spelled, not when pronounced.

b)

Rhyme within a single line of verse when a word from the middle of a line is rhymed with a word at the and of the line.

c)

The rhyming of the last syllables of a line.

d)

When words sound like they rhyme, but are not exact rhymes for each other.

17.

“A word is dead

When it is said,

Some say.

I say it just

Begins to live

That day.”

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

Eye Rhyme

d)

Slant Rhyme

18.

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly.

Scarce heard amid the guns below.”

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

Eye Rhyme

d)

Slant Rhyme

19.

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door…

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

Eye Rhyme

d)

Slant Rhyme

20.

“Jenny and Me were engaged, you see…

So a kiss or two was nothing to you…

Jenny would go in a domino….

While I attended, clad in a splendid…

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Internal Rhyme

c)

Eye Rhyme

d)

Slant Rhyme

21.

What is the following line an example of from the poem, "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman?


"I depart as air, ..."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Emphasis

22.

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

a)

enjambment

b)

end-stopped line

c)

refrain

d)

prose

23.

a line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem

a)

prose

b)

refrain

c)

couplet

d)

enjambment

24.
words that appeal to the five senses
a)
metaphor
b)
theme
c)
personification
d)
imagery
25.
a comparison between two unlike things using "as" or "like"
a)
tone
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
mood
26.
What is this an example of?
Mrs. Bennett was an angry buffalo.
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
metaphor
d)
theme
27.
What is this an example of?
With a crash, the tree fell on the ground.
a)
theme
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
28.
What is this an example of?
The flowers danced in the breeze.
a)
metaphor
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
29.
The wind whistled by the window
a)
alliteration and onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration and metaphor
c)
simile and allusion
d)
onomatopoeia and hyperbole
30.
A stanza with 4 lines is called a...
a)
tercet
b)
quatrain
c)
couplet
d)
octave
31.
Placing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
oxymoron 
c)
paradox
d)
allusion 
32.
"Water is cheaper than diamonds, yet humans need water, not diamonds, to survive."
a)
hyperbole
b)
paradox
c)
allusion 
d)
simile
33.
Identify the paradox. 
a)
The dress cost a million dollars. 
b)
I’d rather be lucky than smart.
c)
It’s twelve minutes until midnight.
d)
She stood in the empty room. 
34.
"I know one thing; that I know nothing." - Socrates
a)
It's a paradox
b)
It's NOT a paradox
35.

What is a prologue?

a)

A foreshadowing of the events of the play

b)

An introductory section to a literary work

c)

A direct address made by one actor

d)

All of the above

36.

What is the purpose of a prologue

a)

To create humour

b)

To narrate the story line

c)

To appeal to the audience's attention and sympathy

d)

To entertain the audience

37.

A monologue is made by a single character.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

A monologue is a literary device used to show a character's thoughts.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Monologues can show a character's...

a)

behaviors

b)

emotions

c)

ideas

d)

all of the above

40.

What is verbal irony?

a)

when the speaker says one thing and means the opposite

b)

a contrast between what a character expects and what really happens

c)

the reader or viewer knows more than the characters

d)

none of the above

41.

What is another word that can be used when talking about verbal irony?

a)

story

b)

sarcasm

c)

joke

42.
Which is NOT a type of irony?
a)
situational
b)
momentous
c)
dramatic
d)
verbal
43.

It rained on a couple's wedding day.

a)

irony

b)

not irony, just unfortunate

44.

We traveled out east to avoid the Michigan cold and drove right into a surprise snow storm out east.

a)

irony

b)

not irony, just unfortunate

45.
Irony can best be used to achieve which of the following effects?
a)
create humor, suspense, or tragedy
b)
create an emotional connection with the audience
c)
create action, setting, and basic situation
d)
introduce new characters
46.

2 syllables, one unstressed, followed by one stressed.

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

foil

c)

iamb

d)

verbal irony

47.

A "poetic foot" (unit) comprised of a soft syllable followed by a strong syllable

a)

iamb

b)

meter

c)

penta

d)

rhyme

48.

How many syllables are there in an iamb?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

10

49.

Which word is an iamb?

a)

workshop

b)

glasses

c)

cellphone

d)

attire

50.

Which word is an iamb?

a)

question

b)

response

c)

answer

d)

greeting