WorksheetsLiterary Devices
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
A statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly.
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
The way in which words are used in speech or writing.
Verbs
Point of view
Diction
A move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story.
Foreshadowing
Flashback
This can be demonstrated with descriptive details, clues in the dialogue, character/place names, etc.
Foreshadowing
Plot
Climax
Situational irony is when when the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning
True
False
When the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
An example of dramatic irony is
The audience knows Juliet is just asleep but Romeo thinks she’s killed herself
A fire station burns down.
When a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of
A simile
A metaphor
Diction
Pronouns used in first person point of view:
I/me
She/he
You
Pronouns used in second person point of view:
She/he
Me/mine
You/yours
Pronouns used in third person POV
Me/mine
Their/his/hers
You/yours
Literary element that is used to throw off readers and lead them to false conclusions.
Plot twist
Red Herring
Foreshadowing
The intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining something unreal or impossible in reality.
Red herring
Suspension of disbelief
Ignorance
Miss Hepler is the coolest and I'm going to do all the work she assigns to the best of my ability and ON TIME!
True
Yes
