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Literary Terms 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To give an inanimate object human(person) qualities

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

2.

When almost all the words in a sentence start with the same sound.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

3.

The reason an author writes a passage (to inform, to persuade, to entertain)

a)

author's choice

b)

author's perspective

c)

author's purpose

d)

author's name

4.

words that are similar in meaning

a)

antonyms

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

synonyms

5.

words that have opposite meanings

a)

antonyms

b)

alliteration

c)

assonance

d)

aquarium

6.

the basic part of a word that gives a word it's meaning

a)

root word

b)

main word

c)

prefix

d)

suffix

7.

a word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

a)

prepositon

b)

prefix

c)

prepared

d)

root word

8.

a word added to the end of a word the change its meaning

a)

sufficient

b)

supreme

c)

suffix

d)

prefix

9.

The person telling/writing the story

a)

narrator

b)

media personality

c)

story inventor

d)

third person

10.

When a story is told from a character's perspective

a)

third person

point of view

b)

second person

point of view

c)

first person

point of view

d)

anonymous