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Literary Terms and Devices

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A play on words is called

a)

a pun

b)

a play

c)

a Dad joke

2.

An example of a pun would be:

a)

I was struggling to figure out how lightning works then it struck me.

b)

That got my goat

c)

You are my sun

d)

Pay the Pied Piper

3.

An oxymoron is a

a)

a really mean think to say

b)

a type of oxygen

c)

phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings.

d)

a person who can't breathe

4.

The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences is

a)

oxymoron

b)

assonance

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

5.

"You're my devil, you're my angel" is an example of what?

a)

simile

b)

juxtaposition

c)

oxymoron

d)

personification

6.

The repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

a)

Alliteration

b)

Pun

c)

Assonance

d)

Allusion

7.

A statement that upon first seen does not make sense, but with context or further understanding, does make sense.

a)

Idiom

b)

Irony

c)

Symbolism

d)

Paradox

8.

Which statement is not a paradox?

a)

No one goes to that restaurant, it's too crowded.

b)

Death, you shall not die.

c)

I must be cruel to be kind

d)

It was sweet sorrow.

9.

This is an example of:

a)

Verbal irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

No irony

10.

When the opposite of what is expected happens it is called:

a)

euphemism

b)

metaphor

c)

situational irony

d)

coincidence

11.

This is an example of

a)

Verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

bad luck

d)

no irony

12.

When an object or person stands or represents an idea.

a)

Personification

b)

Conflict

c)

Symbolism

d)

Euphemism

13.

"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?

a)

1st person

b)

3rd person limited

c)

2nd person

d)

3rd person objective

14.

Which is an example of 2nd person point of view?

a)

I went down the hall and opened the door....

b)

You walk down the hall and when you open the door you see...

c)

She walked down the hall and opened the door...

d)

As she walked down the hall she thought about all the things she would say.

15.

Select all the types of Third Person Point of View

a)

3rd person objective

b)

3rd person limited

c)

3rd person omniscient

d)

3rd person omnipotent

16.

Zoom!!! Bang!!!! are examples of what?

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

17.

This is an example of what?

a)

Euphemism

b)

Pun

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

18.

An example of anaphora would be,

a)

Maybe we will pass the test, maybe we will do well in grade nine, maybe we'll be okay

b)

She sells sea shells by the seashore

c)

Anapolis, anaconda

d)

Good times, bad times.