WorksheetsLIT TERMS 4
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Literal Language
Language that "as is" with no figurative meaning
Language that has figurative meaning and is NOT "as is"
Language that does not use similes or metaphors
Language that uses many other Lit Terms
Figurative Language
Language that has neither a figurative nor a literal meaning.
Language that does not have a figurative meaning.
Language that has both a literal meaning and deeper meaning.
Language that only has a literal meaning.
Symbolism
A comparison using like or as
A person, place, thing, or idea that represents itself AND a deeper meaning.
A person, place, thing, or idea that represents the literal words.
A flag is a symbol
Verbal Irony
When what someone thinks is the exact opposite of what we think should happen
When what someone does is the exact opposite of what we think should happen
When what is said is exactly the same as what is felt or meant
When what is said is the exact opposite of what is felt or meant
Situational Irony
When an outcome is the opposite of what is expected
When an outcome is exactly what we expected
When the reader or audience knows something that the other characters do not
When the reader is surprised by what happens in the story
Dramatic Irony
When what is said is the exact opposite of what is meant or felt
When what happens is the exact opposite of what we expect
When the reader/audience knows more than the characters
When the reader/audience DOES NOT know more than the audience
Simile
A comparison that does not use like or as
A comparison using like or as
Giving human characteristics to thing that are not human
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of words
Metaphor
Giving human characteristics to things that are not human
A group of words with a deep meaning
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
A comparison using like or as
Personification
A comparison NOT using like or as
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A comparison using like or as
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
Which of the following is a Hyperbole?
Tiny Tim Tackled Thomas.
She is like a flower.
He told me he studied for a million hours for this test.
The trees whispered in the wind, telling their secrets.
Which of the following is an Oxymoron?
She wished him good luck by saying break a leg.
She was almost exactly on time.
Tiny Tim tripped Thomas.
She is a sunbeam.
Which of the following is an example of Alliteration?
The grass whispered to the trees.
The grass is the heavens.
The grass is like the heavens.
Tiny Tim tripped a tall toddler.
Which of the following is an example of an Idiom?
That homework is a piece of cake.
That homework is like a monster.
That homework is neat.
What homework?
