WorksheetsLiterary Terms and Devices
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
A play on words is called
a pun
a play
a Dad joke
An example of a pun would be:
I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me.
That got my goat
You are my sun
Pay the Pied Piper
An oxymoron is a
a really mean think to say
a type of oxygen
phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings.
a person who can't breathe
The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences is
oxymoron
assonance
hyperbole
metaphor
"You're my devil, you're my angel" is an example of what?
simile
juxtaposition
oxymoron
personification
The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences
Alliteration
Pun
Assonance
Allusion
A statement that upon first seen does not make sense, but with context or further understanding, does make sense.
Idiom
Irony
Symbolism
Paradox
Which statement is not a paradox?
No one goes to that restaurant, it's too crowded.
Death, you shall not die.
I must be cruel to be kind
It was sweet sorrow.
This is an example of:
Verbal irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
No irony
When the opposite of what is expected happens it is called:
euphemism
metaphor
situational irony
coincidence
This is an example of
Verbal irony
dramatic irony
bad luck
no irony
When an object or person stands or represents an idea.
Personification
Conflict
Symbolism
Euphemism
"I went to work and I had the best day. Then I returned home to find my house was a mess." This story is told from what point of view?
1st person
3rd person limited
2nd person
3rd person objective
Which is an example of 2nd person point of view?
I went down the hall and opened the door....
You walk down the hall and when you open the door you see...
She walked down the hall and opened the door...
As she walked down the hall she thought about all the things she would say.
Select all the types of Third Person Point of View
3rd person objective
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
3rd person omnipotent
Zoom!!! Bang!!!! are examples of what?
metaphor
onomatopoeia
simile
hyperbole
This is an example of what?
Euphemism
Pun
Metaphor
Hyperbole
An example of anaphora would be,
Maybe we will pass the test, maybe we will do well in grade nine, maybe we'll be okay
She sells sea shells by the seashore
Anapolis, anaconda
Good times, bad times.
