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LIT TERMS 4

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Literal Language

a)

Language that "as is" with no figurative meaning

b)

Language that has figurative meaning and is NOT "as is"

c)

Language that does not use similes or metaphors

d)

Language that uses many other Lit Terms

2.

Figurative Language

a)

Language that has neither a figurative nor a literal meaning.

b)

Language that does not have a figurative meaning.

c)

Language that has both a literal meaning and deeper meaning.

d)

Language that only has a literal meaning.

3.

Symbolism

a)

A comparison using like or as

b)

A person, place, thing, or idea that represents itself AND a deeper meaning.

c)

A person, place, thing, or idea that represents the literal words.

d)

A flag is a symbol

4.

Verbal Irony

a)

When what someone thinks is the exact opposite of what we think should happen

b)

When what someone does is the exact opposite of what we think should happen

c)

When what is said is exactly the same as what is felt or meant

d)

When what is said is the exact opposite of what is felt or meant

5.

Situational Irony

a)

When an outcome is the opposite of what is expected

b)

When an outcome is exactly what we expected

c)

When the reader or audience knows something that the other characters do not

d)

When the reader is surprised by what happens in the story

6.

Dramatic Irony

a)

When what is said is the exact opposite of what is meant or felt

b)

When what happens is the exact opposite of what we expect

c)

When the reader/audience knows more than the characters

d)

When the reader/audience DOES NOT know more than the audience

7.

Simile

a)

A comparison that does not use like or as

b)

A comparison using like or as

c)

Giving human characteristics to thing that are not human

d)

The repetition of consonants at the beginning of words

8.

Metaphor

a)

Giving human characteristics to things that are not human

b)

A group of words with a deep meaning

c)

A comparison that does NOT use like or as

d)

A comparison using like or as

9.

Personification

a)

A comparison NOT using like or as

b)

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison using like or as

d)

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

10.

Which of the following is a Hyperbole?

a)

Tiny Tim Tackled Thomas.

b)

She is like a flower.

c)

He told me he studied for a million hours for this test.

d)

The trees whispered in the wind, telling their secrets.

11.

Which of the following is an Oxymoron?

a)

She wished him good luck by saying break a leg.

b)

She was almost exactly on time.

c)

Tiny Tim tripped Thomas.

d)

She is a sunbeam.

12.

Which of the following is an example of Alliteration?

a)

The grass whispered to the trees.

b)

The grass is the heavens.

c)

The grass is like the heavens.

d)

Tiny Tim tripped a tall toddler.

13.

Which of the following is an example of an Idiom?

a)

That homework is a piece of cake.

b)

That homework is like a monster.

c)

That homework is neat.

d)

What homework?