WorksheetsLiterary Devices Quiz
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the term for a literary device that makes a reference to a well-known work of literature, the Bible, pop culture, a political event, or a moment in history?
Hyperbole
Allusion
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
What is the term for an overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that cannot literally be true?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
What is the term for a comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using the word "like" or "as" to make the comparison?
Metaphor
Simile
Idiom
Epic epithet
What is the term for a word that sounds like what it refers to or describes?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Allusion
Hyperbole
What is the term for a comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, but without using the word "like" or "as"?
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Hyperbole
What is the term for an expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words?
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
What is the term for an idea or thing that is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human?
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Epic epithet
What is the term for the repeated use of a word or phrase to describe the same person, place, or thing?
Allusion
Epic epithet
Simile
Metaphor
What type of persuasion is based on the credibility or authority of the speaker?
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Hyperbole
What type of persuasion is based on logic or reason?
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Simile
What type of persuasion is based on emotion?
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Metaphor
Read this sentence: "Boats were carrying cargoes across the Mediterranean Sea by 2500 B.C." Which type of sentence is it?
declarative
interrogative
imperative
exclamatory
Read this sentence: "Some Phoenician mariners may have transported Cedar logs to Egypt across the Mediterranean Sea." Which word should not be capitalized?
Phoenician
Cedar
Egypt
Mediterranean
Read this sentence: "The store at the end of this street has been rented by iron age adventures, a travel agency that specializes in tours of ancient cities." Which words should be capitalized?
store and street
Iron Age Adventures
travel and agency
ancient and cities
Read this sentence: "Search the Internet for an informative article on Leif Erikson." Which type of sentence is it?
declarative
interrogative
imperative
exclamatory
Read this sentence: "Did Leif Erikson sail from Greenland to Labrador and encounter any People?" Which words should not be capitalized?
Leif Erikson
Greenland
Labrador
People
Read this sentence: "I bought a pair of eye pro tech goggles at the hardware store today to protect my eyes on the archaeology dig on memorial day." Which words should be capitalized?
eye, pro, tech, and goggles
eye, pro, tech, goggles, archaeology, and dig
archaeology, dig, memorial, and day
eye, pro, tech, goggles, memorial, and day
Read this sentence: "Have you ever been to Greenland?" Which type of sentence is it?
declarative
interrogative
imperative
exclamatory
What type of sentence is this, “‘Fortunately, we did not mind because we had brought an umbrella.”
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
What type of sentence is this, “Alpacas has long legs and necks, and they have pointed ears”.
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
What type of sentence is this, “‘we went to see the alpacas next”.
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Is this following sentence a fragment, run-on, or comma splice?
“‘Because baobab tress store water in their trunks.”
F
CS
RO
Is this following sentence a fragment, run-on, or comma splice?
‘’The tree’s fruit is called “monkey break” it grows almost a foot long”.
F
RO
CS
Is this following sentence a fragment, run-on, or comma splice?
‘The white flowers of the baobab open only at night, bats pollinate them”.
F
RO
CS
Which type of work should be italicized or underlined? (multiple correct answers)
Books
Movies
Magazines
Poems
Which type of work should be in quotation marks? (multiple correct answers)
Book
Movie
Poem
Short story
What is the correct way to write a song?
italics
Underline
Quotation marks
