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Literary Devices 11th Grade

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

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.
What is symbolism?
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
5.
What is a simile? 
a)
Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as
b)
Comparing two things in a text
c)
Comparing two unlike things using  like and as
d)
None of the above
6.
What is a hyperbole?
a)
An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 
b)
Telling the truth
c)
Comparing a rock to a island
d)
Break a leg
7.

a reference to another piece of literature or a current or historical event

a)

allusion

b)

aside

c)

dramatic irony

d)

simile

8.

the villain or bad guy

a)

protagonist

b)

tragic hero

c)

antagonist

9.

saying one thing but meaning another

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

tragic irony

d)

situational irony

10.

when the audience knows something the characters don't know

a)

situational irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

verbal irony

11.

when the author refers to something outside of the story that you should know about

a)

foil

b)

tragic irony

c)

aside

d)

allusion

12.

when something unexpected happens compared to what we were expecting

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

13.
the type of characterization used by the author when he/she tells the reader exactly what kind of person a character is
a)
characterization
b)
direct characterization
c)
indirect characterization
d)
dynamic character
14.

the type of characterization used by an author when he allows the reader to observe the character's actions, his interactions with others and the things he says and thinks; the author lets the readers/audience decide for themselves.

a)

static character

b)

dynamic character

c)

direct characterization

d)

indirect characterization

15.
What is the "tone" of a story?
a)
The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
b)
The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject
c)
The time and place of the story
d)
The summary of events in the story
16.

Satire (definition)

a)

Dangers of complacency in society / Women's traditional roles and radical feminism / Fundamentalist religion / Censorship (both radical feminists and theocracies have censored) / Academic righteousness and the moral dangers of relativism

b)

a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.

c)

a defense of the desperate coping mechanisms by which endangered women survive, outwit, and undermine devaluation, coercion, enslavement and torture.

17.

Description that creates a strong sense of familiarity through the senses is what?

a)

Symbolism

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Idiom

d)

Imagery

18.

The definition of onomatopoeia is:

a)

A really long word that sounds like what it means.

b)

The use of opposite or contradictory terms together for emphasis

c)

An example of literal language

d)

A word that sounds like what it means.

19.
Placing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
oxymoron 
c)
paradox
d)
allusion 
20.

Dramatic irony

a)

When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens.

b)

When the audience knows something the character does not.

c)

When the speaker says one thing but means the opposite.

21.

Allusion is __________________________________________________________________________.

a)

a figure of speech that refers to a famous person, place, or historical event—either directly or through implication.

b)

a literary device that places someone or something associated with a particular time in history in the wrong time period

c)

a plot device in which a component of a story ends unresolved, in order to compel audiences to turn the page or return to the story in the next installment

d)

both a literary and theatrical device in which the reader or audience knows more than the characters they are following