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Lit term and midterm review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

. 

Why do we use literary devices?(more than 1 answer)

a)

To provide insight to your writing for the readers

b)

Emphasis and Clarity

c)

Evoke moods and emotions

d)

To help readers to connect to the story

2.

What is symbolism?

a)

a word that mimics a sound

b)

repetition of consonant sounds

c)

using symbols to represent something

d)

Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

3.

What is onomatopoeia?

a)

Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

b)

repetition of consonant sounds

c)

using symbols to represent something

d)

a word that when pronounced mimics a sound that was written

4.

What is alliteration?

a)

a word that mimics a sound

b)

repetition of consonant sounds

c)

using symbols to represent something

d)

Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

5.

"America is a melting pot" is an example of 

a)

foreshadowing

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

Repetition

6.

What is personification?

a)

a word that mimics a sound

b)

using symbols to represent something

c)

repetition of consonant sounds

d)

Giving human or animal like traits to non-living objects

e)

making something look like a person

7.

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

foreshadowing

d)

imagery

8.

Click the button. "Click" is an example of...

a)

metaphor

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

9.

"She is like a butterfly" is an example of...

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

metaphor

d)

simile

10.

"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

11.

This literary device can be both figurative and literal. Uses can often include the 5 senses to fully understand what is being said. It often creates a picture or image in your mind from the vivid description

a)

allusion

b)

symbolism

c)

imagery

d)

idiom

12.

A girl wakes up late for school and quickly rushes to get there. As soon as she arrives, though, she realizes that it's Saturday and there is no school.

What kind of irony is this?

Hint: Verbal irony: When someone says something but means the opposite (similar to sarcasm).

Situational irony: When something happens that's the opposite of what was expected or intended to happen.

Dramatic irony: When the audience is aware of the true intentions or outcomes, while the characters are not.

a)

verbal

b)

situational

c)

non-situational

d)

dramatic

13.

It happened once in a blue moon is an example of a(n)...

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

14.

what is an idiom?

a)

The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.

b)

An exaggeration.

c)

Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. 

d)

A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning. 

15.

I am dying of shame is an example of...

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

16.

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

idiom

17.

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

a)

idiom

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

18.

It was a dark, cold evening, and I could hear the wind whistling through the tall, dark trees. All I could see out my thinly paned windows was the heavily fogged lake which rippled softly against the shore. This excerpt is an example of

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

idiom

d)

imagery