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WorksheetsLITERARY DEVICES CHALLENGE-1
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 23mins
What punctuation mark is missing from this word?
"cant"
antonym
comma
colon
apostrophe
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
novice
novel
noun
monologue
In literature, when something has both a literal and figurative meaning that stands for or suggests something else beyond literal meaning, this is:
singular
synonym
simile
symbol
A branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual.
comedy
tragedy
play
theater
This is a question asked without expecting an answer.
rhetorical question
rhythmic question
probing questions
comprehension question
This is a story or situation that shows some sort of conflict or emotion through action and dialogue.
poem
comedy
drama
prose
These are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally:
hyperbole
antonym
assonance
exclamation
Select the response that distinguishes poetry from prose.
Poetry is written in the past tense.
Poetry has stanzas and may be metrical.
Poetry has paragraphs.
Poetry is shorter than prose.
Select the response that does not characterize prose.
Prose contains paragraphs
Prose has no specific style and no rhythm
Prose has no defined line breaks
Prose contains stanzas
This is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing
poem
poetry
prose
psalm
These phrases are examples of what literary device:
"alone together"; "the sound of silence"
onomotopoeia
irony
oxymoron
assonance
This is a figure of speech or a rhetorical device that combines words or concepts with opposite or very different meanings
onomotopoeia
oxymoron
preposition
monologue
This is a literary device or situation that expresses something other than or opposite of the literal meaning
irony
oxymoron
italics
proverb
Which term means a long speech or utterance by one person, especially in a story, movie, play, or comedy routine
novel
meaning
main idea
monologue
When something unexpected happens in a story or other literary writing, this is known as
setting
irony
metaphor
novel
What punctuation mark is used when words are omitted from words?
alliteration
asterisk
apostrophe
comma
The tree danced and twirled as the winds of the hurricane picked up speed.
This sentence is an example of which literary device below:
personification
proverb
plural
pronoun
She sells seashells by the seashore.
This sentence is an example of which literary device below:
synonyms
alliteration
antonyms
assonance
Her eyes are mini-starlets dancing in the twilight.
This sentence is exemplifying which literary device below:
simile
synonym
metaphor
apostrophe
A wise saying is also known as a
personification
problem
proverb
plural
This is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
ballad
poem
story
synonym
This is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure:
song
poerty
prose
simile
Father: We are going to Disney World!
Son: Yay!!!!
He was a bear in the the goal.
Ex. Lennie vs. Curley; Lennie vs. George; Candy vs. himself; Ranch men vs. society
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:
allegory
alliteration
allusion
When characters, events, objects, and ideas have secondary or metaphorical meaning, this is:
alliteration
allegory
alllusion
Bang!
Buzzzzzz....
The physical or social environment within which the characters in a work of prose operate is termed the:
plot
prose
setting
The way and manner in which the events or incidents narrated in a literary work are arranged is referred to as:
the plot
the conflict
the novel
This term means the "type" of literature:
genre
plot
prose
A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition:
allegory
foreshadowing
motif
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:
genre
foreshadowing
motif
