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Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 38mins
Alliteration is...
Comparing one thing as another
Using symbols to represent concepts or idea
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word
Exaggeration to prove a point
Dialogue is...
Overall mood and message
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics
Contrast between how things seem and how they really are
Conversation between two or more people
A flashback is...
Previous events split up the present happenings
Using symbols to represent concepts or idea
When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story
The same thing again
Which literary device uses the same word or phrase multiple times?
Situational Irony
Metaphor
Repetition
Simile
Foreshadowing is...
Words that sound like the word their meaning
The mode of narration
Using casual and informal language
When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story
Hyperbole...
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics
Exaggeration to prove a point
Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme
Highly descriptive language
Irony is...
Contrast between how things seem and how they really are
The mode of narration
Previous events split up the present happenings
Using casual and informal language
Which type of irony happens when a reader knows something a character does not?
situational
verbal
dramatic
cow
A Metaphor is...
Contrast between how things seem and how they really are
When the author hints at events yet to happen in a story
Using casual and informal language
Comparing two things saying one is another
Motif...
Highly descriptive language
Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme
Overall mood and message
Words that sound like the word their meaning
"The wall stared at me silently"
personification
metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Colloquialism is...
Highly descriptive language
Using casual and informal language
Using symbols to represent concepts or idea
Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme
Onomatopoeia is...
Words that sound like the word their meaning
Comparison of two things that are not alike
Conversation between two or more people
Using symbols to represent concepts or idea
Which literary device is a passage or sentence that changes the reader’s opinion about the character, usually by revealing the character’s goals, values, or feelings?
Inference
Characterization
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
Point of view is...
Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme
Contrast between how things seem and how they really are
The mode of narration
Conversation between two or more people
Simile is...
Comparing two things saying one is another
Comparison of two things that are not alike
Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Contrast between how things seem and how they really are
Which literary device makes a comparison by calling a person or object by the name of a different object?
inference
dramatic irony
symbolism
metaphor
Which of the following is an example of imagery?
Playing sports is a lot of fun.
The boy bounced the ball.
The young boy excitedly ran to the ball.
The ball was a deep red, like that of a fire truck, glistening in the bright sun.
Symbolism is...
Conversation between two or more people
Using symbols to represent concepts or idea
Exaggeration to prove a point
Contrast between how things seem and how they really are
Tone is...
Overall mood and message
The same thing again
Comparing two things saying one is another
Previous events split up the present happenings
Which type of irony happens when a character says words that he does not mean?
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
Symbolism
What type of irony happens when an expected outcome is reversed?
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
Which literary device uses words, people, landmarks, or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning?
Simile
Alliteration
Repetition
Symbolism
Which literary device uses a passage or relationship to say something deeper than what is being said, usually about human nature or spirituality?
Characterization
Repetition
Alliteration
Inference
"The sun was like a large ball of butter"
personification
metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Personification is...
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics
The same thing again
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word
Highly descriptive language
"The road was a ribbon of moonlight,"
personification
metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Imagery is...
Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Overall mood and message
Highly descriptive language
Recurs throughout the story and helps develop theme
Ex. "Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. Come on in and set a while."
"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing."
antithesis
contrast
paradox
oxymoron
Juxtaposition is...
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word
Comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Comparing two things saying one is another
Comparison of two things that are not alike
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
simile
point of view
figurative language
parallelism
a figure of speech in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
personification
alliteration
metaphor
tone
the use of words that imitate sounds
imagery
figurative language
metaphor
onomatopoeia
the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told
apostrophe
allusion
alliteration
point of view
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
The water glistened like a star in the night.
The snow was a white blanket on the normally green grass.
Her stare was cold as ice.
The dove represents peace on earth.
Which of the following is an example of allusion?
He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War.
A little lad listened to the lisping lizard.
CRASH!
He cried like a baby.
Which of the following is correct?
Foreshadowing - when an author goes back in time to describe an event / Flashback -when an author gives clues as to what will happen
Foreshadowing - giving human-like traits to non-human things / Flashback - when an author gives clues as to what will happen
Foreshadowing - when an author gives clues as to what will happen / Flashback - comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Foreshadowing - when an author gives clues as to what will happen / Flashback - when an author goes back in time to describe an event
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
encyclopedia
polysyndeton
onomatopoeia
allusion
Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man."
Ex. Crooks lets Lennie in his room.
Ex. "Sure, said Crooks. And a manure pile under the window. Sure, it's swell."
Ex. "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green."
In Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes were Watching God , the central character Janie elopes with a young drifter, Vergible ‘Teacake’ Woods, after two unhappy marriages. Yet a hurricane strikes and Vergible is bitten by a rabid dog while saving Janie from drowning in the resulting floods.
Which type of conflict is presented?
A. Character vs. self
B. Character vs. character
C. Character vs. Nature
D. Character vs. Society
Ex. George and Lennie's dream represents their freedom and wealth.
Ex. Lennie and George because they are the main people in the story.
This part of a plot is where the author builds suspense and tension to keep the reader interested.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Ex. Curley/Curley's wife
Ex. Lennie vs. Curley; Lennie vs. George; Candy vs. himself; Ranch men vs. society
"Flaming ice" is an example of what literary technique?
personification
metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
It is the angle from which the story is told.
Setting
Characters
Conflict
Point of View
The Chain of related events that take place in a story
The plot
The character(s)
The Setting
The Climax
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, follows Hester Prynne, a woman who is punished by her people for having a child out of wedlock in 17th Century Puritan Massachusetts. The book opens with crowds gathering to watch Hester publicly shamed for adultery. Hester is made to wear a scarlet ‘A’ for ‘adulteress’. Hawthorne contrasts Hester’s dignified bearing with the anger of the crowd and their relish in her humiliation.
Which type of conflict is presented?
A. Character vs. self
B. Character vs. character
C. Character vs. Nature
D. Character vs. Society
It refers to the main idea or moral of the story.
Plot
Conflict
Theme
Climax
It creates challenges in a story by adding uncertainty as to whether the goal will be achieved or not.
setting
theme
problem
conflict
This part of a plot is where the major conflict of the story occurs - typically serving as a turning point for the story.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Which is the best definition of character traits?
A character's opinion
The things a character says
Personality traits for a character
What a character looks like
In the Life of Pi, the protagonist must face a tiger trapped in the boat with him.
Which type of conflict is presented?
A. Character vs. self
B. Character vs. character
C. Character vs. Nature
D. Character vs. Society
What is setting?
The time and place in which a story occurs
A character's personality traits
The most exciting part of a story
The ending of a story
What is the exposition of a story?
Where the action is winding down after the climax
The end of the story where everything is resolved
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point
The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some of the characters
What is falling action?
The end of a story where everything is resolved
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point
The part after the climax where events are winding down
What is the resolution?
Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement
The end of a story where everything is resolved
The most exciting part of a story; the turning point
The beginning of the story where we learn about setting and some characters
The setting of a story may be best defined as...
A. the conflict or problem in the story
B. the point of view of a story
C. the time and location in a story
D. the series of events in the story.
Which of the following statements is the best definition of climax?
A. the point of highest tension in a story
B. the conclusion of a work of literature in which the conflict is resolved
C. the introduction of characters, setting, and conflict in a narrative
D. the series of events in the story
"The story takes place in a jungle on a mysterious island sometime in the 1930s or 1940s involving an eccentric hunter." What element of the story is shown?
A. the plot
B. the characters
C. the characterization
D. the setting
In the Harry Potter series, Dobby refers to Potter as “the noble Harry Potter,” or “good Harry Potter,” which shows us how the house elf adores the young wizard. It might also be a hint of how Dobby would show affection for other people he admires.
What element of the story is presented?
A. the plot
B. the characters
C. the characterization
D. the setting
Throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet struggles with his loyalty to his mother, his duty to avenge his father, and his own sanity.
Which type of conflict is presented?
