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Literary Devices Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The time period and place/location where a story takes place. This can also

include historical context and/or descriptions of a location.

a)

Characterization

b)

Setting

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

2.

The struggle between two opposing forces or a problem that must be solved in the

story.

a)

Characterization

b)

Setting

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

3.

Giving human characteristics or abilities to nonhuman things.

a)

Characterization

b)

Setting

c)

Tone

d)

Personification

4.

How a text makes the READER feel

a)

Imagery

b)

Tone

c)

Mood

d)

Simile

5.

The author's attitude or feeling about the topic being written about

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Imagery

d)

Personificaiton

6.

A comparison using the words like or as

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Characterization

7.

Making a comparison without using like or as

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Indirect characterization

8.

the use of descriptive language to appeal to one or more of the reader’s senses

(sound, touch, taste, smell or sight).

a)

Mood

b)

Tone

c)

Imagery

d)

Personification

9.

What is "My love is like a red, red rose," an example of?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Characterization

d)

Conflict

10.

What is "Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air." an example of?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Direct Characterization

d)

Conflict

11.

What is "I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire’s drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand," an example of?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

Characterization

12.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

a)

The water glistened like a star in the night.

b)

The snow was a white blanket on the normally green grass.

c)

Her stare was cold as ice.

d)

The dove represents peace on earth.

13.

In "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian," Junior's struggle to find acceptance and belonging in two different communities is an example of...

a)

Indirect Characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Conflict

d)

Mood

14.

The characterization of John in, "John snapped at the man without warning," is an example of

a)

Direct characterization

b)

Indirect characterization

c)

Personification

d)

Conflict

15.

Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "A tornado flew around my room before you came excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn't rain.." (Ocean).

a)

Simile

b)

Conflict

c)

Metaphor

d)

Imagery

16.

What is when words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence.

a)

Repetition

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Hyperbole

17.

What literary device is shown in the lyric: "let it be, whisper words of wisdom..." (Beatles)

a)

Repetition

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

18.

My feet are killing me is an example of...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Imagery

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

19.

This literary device means its an exaggeration..

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

20.

What literary device is shown in the lyric, "Sit down, be humble, sit down, be humble, sit down, be humble" (Lamar).

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Repetition

c)

Imagery

d)

Personification

21.

In Montana 1948, Frank is described by David as handsome this is an example of...

a)

Indirect characterization

b)

Direct Characterization

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

22.

"Lightning danced across the sky," is an example of..

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

imagery

23.

My head is pounding like a drum is an example of..

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Characterization

d)

Imagery

24.

Peter Piped Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers is an example of..

a)

Imagery

b)

Characterization

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration