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Imagery, Figurative Language, Symbolism and Allegory

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the author's attitude toward his or her work or their audience

a)

imagery

b)

tone

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

2.
What do you call something that represents something else?
a)
Character
b)
Drama
c)
Tones
d)
Symbolism
3.

the opinion of someone who is an acknowledged authority in the field under discussion

a)

expert testimony

b)

personal example

c)

appeal to emotion

d)

counterargument

4.

Mystery, romance, scifi are all types of what?

a)

Symbols

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Similes

d)

Genres

5.

A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well; representative object

a)

archetype

b)

symbol

c)

rhetoric

d)

character

6.

I could hardly open my eyes, I was so sleepy. But then a smell permeated my nostrils and made its way to my brain, the rich, earthy, welcoming smell of my morning coffee being brewed.

a)

imagery

b)

metaphor

c)

symbolism

d)

allegory

7.

The duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, grammatical pattern, or image.

a)

imagery

b)

repetition

c)

proverb

d)

archetype

8.

A query posed for effect with no answer expected.

a)

rhetorical question

b)

interrogation

c)

introduction

d)

central claim

9.

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

a)

allegory

b)

symbolism

c)

analogy

d)

alliteration

10.

What is an allegory?

a)

a literary work with two levels of meaning—a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. The characters, plot elements, and setting represent abstract ideas and qualities

b)

the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character

c)

a literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader

11.

Known as the father of American literature

a)

Whitman

b)

Dickenson

c)

Emerson

d)

Thoreau

12.

Why was Nathaniel Hawthorne interested in the Salem Witch Trials?

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13.

What does the devil carry?

a)

A flask of warm milk

b)

A stove pipe hat

c)

A staff shaped like a snake

d)

His endless shame

14.

Who says the following quote "Evil is the nature of mankind!"

a)

Faith

b)

The Devil

c)

Goodman Brown

d)

Mr. Hayes

15.

When Goodman Brown dies he is miserable because

a)

He converted to Satanism

b)

Faith died

c)

He realized the devil was watching him all the time

d)

He realizes everyone he thought was good is evil

16.

Hawthorne was greatly influence by the ___ Movement.

a)

Romantic

b)

Transcendentalist

c)

Emo

d)

Heavy Metal

17.

Nathaniel Hawthorne felt ashamed of the crimes committed by his _______ ancestry

a)

brutal

b)

Puritan

c)

Indian

d)

European

18.
How is young Goodman Brown changed by his time in the forest?
a)
He doesn't change at all
b)
He comes back and sets fire to the local church
c)
He comes back a happier man
d)
He comes back convinced that his townspeople are evil
19.
Who is the "Dark Minister"?
a)
He commands the nighttime assembly that young Goodman Brown stumbles into
b)
He is the same guy as the "traveler with the staff
c)
Mr. Turtola
d)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
20.

Where were the Witch Trials held?

a)

Salem

b)

Sharkey

c)

Boston

d)

Mississippi

21.
What ceremony does the assembly in the forest imitate?
a)
A marriage
b)
A funeral
c)
A Fourth of July celebration
d)
The seventh-inning stretch