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Literary Devices

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly.

a)

Allusion

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

2.

The way in which words are used in speech or writing.

a)

Verbs

b)

Point of view

c)

Diction

3.

A move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story.

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Flashback

4.

This can be demonstrated with descriptive details, clues in the dialogue, character/place names, etc.

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Plot

c)

Climax

5.

Situational irony is when when the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning

a)

True

b)

False

6.

When the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

7.

An example of dramatic irony is

a)

The audience knows Juliet is just asleep but Romeo thinks she’s killed herself

b)

A fire station burns down.

8.

When a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Irony

9.

He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of

a)

A simile

b)

A metaphor

c)

Diction

10.

Pronouns used in first person point of view:

a)

I/me

b)

She/he

c)

You

11.

Pronouns used in second person point of view:

a)

She/he

b)

Me/mine

c)

You/yours

12.

Pronouns used in third person POV

a)

Me/mine

b)

Their/his/hers

c)

You/yours

13.

Literary element that is used to throw off readers and lead them to false conclusions.

a)

Plot twist

b)

Red Herring

c)

Foreshadowing

14.

The intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining something unreal or impossible in reality.

a)

Red herring

b)

Suspension of disbelief

c)

Ignorance

15.

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!

a)

True

b)

Yes