WorksheetsPre-Test Literary Devices
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Determine what literary or rhetorical device was used in the given line.
"Man proposes, God disposes."
Metonymy
Antithesis
Metaphor
Personification
Determine what literary or rhetorical device used in the line.
"Her love life is an open secret in the village."
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Metaphor
Assonance
Ex. "Sure, said Crooks. And a manure pile under the window. Sure, it's swell."
Which of the following is an example of repetition?
CRASH!
The bright red cardinal flew majestically over the snow-peaked mountain.
I recall the time when Lincoln was president, before slavery was ended, before the Civil War.
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.
Misty mountains sing and beckon
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Literary devices are tools and techniques authors use to__________ the reader.
confuse
engage
inform
persuade
John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."
The plot goes ahead of time; meaning a scene that interrupts and takes the narrative forward in time from the current time in the stoty.
Flashback
Flash-forward
Juxtaposition
Stream of Conciousness
