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WorksheetsLiterary Devices - Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 24mins
Which word below is a hint or clue about something to come in the story?
drama
flashback
foreshadowing
conflict
Which word below is a memory--the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.
foreshadowing
flashback
conflict
climax
Which term below is the character having a problem deciding what to do in a particular situation, generally due to fear, anger, regret, etc.
character vs society
character vs self
character vs nature
character vs fate
Which conflict below has the character having a problem with some natural happening: a snow storm, an avalanche, the bitter cold, or another element of nature.
character vs fate
character vs nature
character vs society
character vs self
What is this an example of?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Irony
The life lesson of a story
Personification
Theme
Alliteration
Metaphor
"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant!" is an example of a __________________.
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
"He was as strong as an ox!" is an example of a _______.
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Personification
"The stairs groaned in agony as Phillip carried the heavy boxes." is an example of a ___________________.
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Idiom
"There were a million replies that popped into her head." is an example of a _____________
Similie
Personification
Idiom
Hyperbole
What is an expression that has meaning different from the meaning of its individual word?
Hyperbole
Imagery
Idiom
Metaphor
What is conflict?
A struggle between two opposing forces
A disagreement between two characters
When the narrator does not know all of the information
The main message of a text
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.
Simile
Comparison using like or as to show a shared characteristic
Metaphor
Comparison to show a shared characteristic that does NOT use like or as
Personification
Giving human traits to nonhuman things
Hyperbole
Extreme Exaggeration
Let's play a fun game of 'Guess the Literary Device'! Can you tell what the following example is demonstrating?
'The dove is often used as a symbol of peace'
Simile
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Flashback
Complete this sentence to make it IRONIC: The shoemaker's children have no (a)
The way in which the author develops the personalities of the characters
protagonist
genre
characterization
villain
The following are examples of what?
Comedy, Drama, Suspense, Romance
genre
movies
conflict
flashback
Which of the following sentences is the best example of personification?
She was as shy as a chipmunk.
Sarah is a delicate flower.
The police station was robbed.
The grass danced in the breeze.
A whiff of the coffee aroma filled our noses. This is a good example of what literary device?
Irony
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor
You're barking up the wrong tree.
simile
metaphor
idiom
alliteration
A word combination that has a different meaning that the literal meanings of each word.
Imagery
Idiom
Personification
Alliteration
"Life is like a box of chocolates"
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Irony
"it (the rose) learned to walk with out having feet."
Hyperbole
Rhetorical Question
Allusion
Struggle or tension between 2 opposing forces in a work of literature. Can be internal or external.
Epithet
Mood
Conflict
Intervention of the gods
When an author mentions a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Intervention of the gods
Epic simile
Allusion
Greek values
the sequence of events that happen in a story
conflict
plot
point of view
setting
