WorksheetsLiterary Devices
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
The definition of the author's style is…
giving human qualities to an animal, object, phenomenon, idea, or anything that is not specifically human.
a writer's attitude toward his or her subject such as serious, humorous, sarcastic, and respectful.
a distinctive way the author uses language.
Literary devices are used in…
Novels
Nonfiction
Poetry
All of the above
Literary devices apply to…
Individual words and short phrases
Whole sentences and long phrases
The entire structure of a piece
Any of the above
Read this excerpt:
“I remembered his voice: ‘I’d been carrying a heater. It ain’t loaded, but it sure does help a bluff.’ It was only yesterday that Dally told Johnny and me that. But yesterday was years ago. A lifetime ago.”
The underlined text uses which figurative language device?
Hyperbole
Personification
Similie
Imagery
"It was quiet except for the sound of our feet on the cement and the dry, scraping sound of leaves blowing across the street." Which figurative language device is being used here?
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Simile
Read this sentence from Chapter 8. "I could see that even a few words were tiring him out; he was as pale as the pillow and looked awful."
Which figurative language device is being used here?
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Flashback
When the author gives a clue to what might happen.
Plot
Setting
Foreshadowing
Irony
“Purple puppies like playing on a playground.” This is an example of:
Personification
Alliteration
Motif
Similie
The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the ____________ of what is expected.
opposite
obvious
explanation
original idea
“Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone” (Love Story by Taylor Swift) This song make use of:
Historical paradox
Literary Allusion
Metaphor
Irony
