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LITERARY DEVICES CHALLENGE-1

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What punctuation mark is missing from this word?

"cant"

a)

antonym

b)

comma

c)

colon

d)

apostrophe

2.

This is an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, especially in the form of a story

a)

novice

b)

novel

c)

noun

d)

monologue

3.

In literature, when something has both a literal and figurative meaning that stands for or suggests something else beyond literal meaning, this is:

a)

singular

b)

synonym

c)

simile

d)

symbol

4.

A branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual.

a)

comedy

b)

tragedy

c)

play

d)

theater

5.

This is a question asked without expecting an answer.

a)

rhetorical question

b)

rhythmic question

c)

probing questions

d)

comprehension question

6.

This is a story or situation that shows some sort of conflict or emotion through action and dialogue.

a)

poem

b)

comedy

c)

drama

d)

prose

7.

These are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally:

a)

hyperbole

b)

antonym

c)

assonance

d)

exclamation

8.

Select the response that distinguishes poetry from prose.

a)

Poetry is written in the past tense.

b)

Poetry has stanzas and may be metrical.

c)

Poetry has paragraphs.

d)

Poetry is shorter than prose.

9.

Select the response that does not characterize prose.

a)

Prose contains paragraphs

b)

Prose has no specific style and no rhythm

c)

Prose has no defined line breaks

d)

Prose contains stanzas

10.

This is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing

a)

poem

b)

poetry

c)

prose

d)

psalm

11.

These phrases are examples of what literary device:

"alone together"; "the sound of silence"

a)

onomotopoeia

b)

irony

c)

oxymoron

d)

assonance

12.

This is a figure of speech or a rhetorical device that combines words or concepts with opposite or very different meanings

a)

onomotopoeia

b)

oxymoron

c)

preposition

d)

monologue

13.

This is a literary device or situation that expresses something other than or opposite of the literal meaning

a)

irony

b)

oxymoron

c)

italics

d)

proverb

14.

Which term means a long speech or utterance by one person, especially in a story, movie, play, or comedy routine

a)

novel

b)

meaning

c)

main idea

d)

monologue

15.

When something unexpected happens in a story or other literary writing, this is known as

a)

setting

b)

irony

c)

metaphor

d)

novel

16.

What punctuation mark is used when words are omitted from words?

a)

alliteration

b)

asterisk

c)

apostrophe

d)

comma

17.

The tree danced and twirled as the winds of the hurricane picked up speed.

This sentence is an example of which literary device below:

a)

personification

b)

proverb

c)

plural

d)

pronoun

18.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

This sentence is an example of which literary device below:

a)

synonyms

b)

alliteration

c)

antonyms

d)

assonance

19.

Her eyes are mini-starlets dancing in the twilight.

This sentence is exemplifying which literary device below:

a)

simile

b)

synonym

c)

metaphor

d)

apostrophe

20.

A wise saying is also known as a

a)

personification

b)

problem

c)

proverb

d)

plural

21.

This is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.

a)

ballad

b)

poem

c)

story

d)

synonym

22.
Dialogue is
a)
two or more people speaking to each other in a written conversation
b)
one person speaking to the audience
c)
three or more people speaking to each other in written conversation
d)
None of these
23.

This is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure:

a)

song

b)

poerty

c)

prose

d)

simile

24.
The author's attitude or feelings towards the writing and the readers is the ________.
a)
mood
b)
tone
25.
Which word accurately describes the son's tone in the following dialogue? 
Father: We are going to Disney World! 
Son: Yay!!!! 
a)
irritated
b)
annoyed
c)
uninterested
d)
ecstatic
26.
_________ is the feeling the reader gets as he/she reads the text.
a)
mood
b)
tone
27.
What is the "mood" of  a story?
a)
Emotions audience feels from a given passage.
b)
The time and place of the story.
c)
The summary of events of the story.
d)
The lesson the reader learns from the story.
28.
Two kids meet up in the hallway and start to fight.
a)
Conflict 
b)
 Foreshadowing
c)
Analogy
d)
Onomatopoeia
29.
Shine bright like a diamond.
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
30.
A black cat can mean good marriage and a good future in southern England.
a)
Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Symbolism
31.
I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles. 
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Theme
c)
Symbolism
d)
Alliteration
32.
Life is a highway
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Connotation
d)
Characterization
33.
When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example: the trees danced in the wind.
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
simile
d)
oxymoron
34.
An over-exaggeration. For example: I was standing in line forever.
a)
personification
b)
cliche
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
35.
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. 
He was a bear in the the goal.
a)
simlie
b)
paradox
c)
metaphor
d)
allusion
36.
What is the tone of this image? 
a)
elated
b)
appreciative
c)
accusing
d)
conceited
37.
Mark is as fast as a cheetah. This is an example of the following:
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
idiom
d)
analogy
38.
a word that represents a sound.
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
oxymoron
c)
personification
d)
euphemism 
39.
struggle between opposing forces
Ex. Lennie vs. Curley; Lennie vs. George; Candy vs. himself; Ranch men vs. society
a)
fight
b)
feud
c)
conflict
d)
argument
40.
Dialogue is
a)
two or more people speaking to each other in a written conversation
b)
one person speaking to the audience
c)
three or more people speaking to each other in written conversation
d)
None of these
41.

In a piece of literature, briefly referencing an important person, what he/she said, did or stood for; or a place, an event; or even inserting a popular phrase or line from a written text, even from the Bible is known as:

a)

allegory

b)

alliteration

c)

allusion

42.

When characters, events, objects, and ideas have secondary or metaphorical meaning, this is:

a)

alliteration

b)

allegory

c)

alllusion

43.
POW!
Bang!
Buzzzzzz....
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
assonance
44.

The physical or social environment within which the characters in a work of prose operate is termed the:

a)

plot

b)

prose

c)

setting

45.

The way and manner in which the events or incidents narrated in a literary work are arranged is referred to as:

a)

the plot

b)

the conflict

c)

the novel

46.

This term means the "type" of literature:

a)

genre

b)

plot

c)

prose

47.

A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition:

a)

allegory

b)

foreshadowing

c)

motif

48.

When the author provides a hint as to where the story is going, or hints at an upcoming event but doesn't tell the ending, this is known as:

a)

genre

b)

foreshadowing

c)

motif