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Pre-Test Literary Devices

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Determine what literary or rhetorical device was used in the given line.


"Man proposes, God disposes."

a)

Metonymy

b)

Antithesis

c)

Metaphor

d)

Personification

2.

Determine what literary or rhetorical device used in the line.


"Her love life is an open secret in the village."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Antithesis

c)

Metaphor

d)

Assonance

3.
a person says one thing and means another (sarcasm)
Ex. "Sure, said Crooks. And a manure pile under the window. Sure, it's swell."
a)
situational irony
b)
dialogue
c)
verbal irony
d)
dramatic irony
4.

Which of the following is an example of repetition?

a)

CRASH!

b)

The bright red cardinal flew majestically over the snow-peaked mountain.

c)

I recall the time when Lincoln was president, before slavery was ended, before the Civil War.

d)

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

5.

Misty mountains sing and beckon

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

6.

Literary devices are tools and techniques authors use to__________ the reader.

a)

confuse

b)

engage

c)

inform

d)

persuade

7.
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words is called
a)
allegory
b)
consonance
c)
assonance
d)
alliteration
8.

John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid for the problem

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Metaphor

9.
time and place the story takes place
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."
a)
setting
b)
plot
c)
imagery
d)
exposition
10.

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.

a)

Flashback

b)

Flash-forward

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Stream of Conciousness