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Literary Devices

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

As Macbeth speaks of wanting to kill King Duncan, King Duncan waits outside Macbeth's palace singing the praises of Macbeth.  This is an example of...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Irony

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

2.

Choose the statement below that best represents an example of imagery.

a)

The dog ran down the road.

b)

The dog ran down the dirt road.

c)

The dog ran down the road, and walked down the sidewalk.

d)

The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.

3.

The lazy river looks less than lovely this late in the day.  This sentence is a good example of how an author can use __________________ in writing to communicate a point. (hint: it is a type of sound technique)

a)

rhyme

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

4.

Read the following line and determine which term(s) is used as symbolism: Malcolm says, "It would be smart to offer someone poor and innocent like me as a sacrificial lamb to satisfy an angry god like Macbeth."

a)

sacrificial lamb

b)

smart

c)

innocent

d)

offer

5.

I am as angry as a bull at the rodeo.  This sentence is an example of _________________.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

6.

What is the best example of foreshadowing below:

a)

Three witches telling Macbeth he will one day be King

b)

Macduff's wife dying

c)

Banquo going to sleep and having a dream

d)

Banquo going to sleep and having a dream

7.

This cartoon illustrates:

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

irony

8.

The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the _________ of what is expected.

a)

similar

b)

related to

c)

opposite

d)

quite similar

9.

Which is an example of Metaphor?

a)

This tree is the god of the forest.

b)

This tree is like the god of the forest.

c)

The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.

d)

The tree felt smooth as sandstone.

10.

The car coughed, hacked, and spluttered. This is an example of what literary device?

a)

metaphor

b)

allegory

c)

pun

d)

personification

11.

A metaphor is literally a comparison and hyperbole is just an over-exaggeration. In this same style, ________ is just a fancy word for a literary reference.

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

allegory

d)

pun

12.

“There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in [Farmer] Jones’s day.” This is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

irony

d)

allegory

13.

Words “murmur,” “gargle,” and “rumble,” “click,” and “vroom” are examples of what literary device?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Allegory

c)

Allusion

d)

Metaphor

14.

A ___ is a literary device that plays with the sounds and meanings of words to produce new, often humorous ideas.

a)

Pun

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Imagery

d)

Foreshadowing

15.

Let’s say you used too much butter in your recipe, and it ruined the dish. You might joke that you were “outside the margarine of error,” which is a play on the words “margin of error.” This is an example of what literary device?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Pun