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Literary Devices Quiz

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

2.

What is the term for an overstated or exaggerated claim or statement that cannot literally be true?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

3.

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?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Idiom

d)

Epic epithet

4.

What is the term for a word that sounds like what it refers to or describes?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

d)

Hyperbole

5.

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"?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Hyperbole

6.

What is the term for an expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the words?

a)

Idiom

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

7.

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?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Epic epithet

8.

What is the term for the repeated use of a word or phrase to describe the same person, place, or thing?

a)

Allusion

b)

Epic epithet

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

9.

What type of persuasion is based on the credibility or authority of the speaker?

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

d)

Hyperbole

10.

What type of persuasion is based on logic or reason?

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

d)

Simile

11.

What type of persuasion is based on emotion?

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

d)

Metaphor

12.

Read this sentence: "Boats were carrying cargoes across the Mediterranean Sea by 2500 B.C." Which type of sentence is it?

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamatory

13.

Read this sentence: "Some Phoenician mariners may have transported Cedar logs to Egypt across the Mediterranean Sea." Which word should not be capitalized?

a)

Phoenician

b)

Cedar

c)

Egypt

d)

Mediterranean

14.

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?

a)

store and street

b)

Iron Age Adventures

c)

travel and agency

d)

ancient and cities

15.

Read this sentence: "Search the Internet for an informative article on Leif Erikson." Which type of sentence is it?

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamatory

16.

Read this sentence: "Did Leif Erikson sail from Greenland to Labrador and encounter any People?" Which words should not be capitalized?

a)

Leif Erikson

b)

Greenland

c)

Labrador

d)

People

17.

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?

a)

eye, pro, tech, and goggles

b)

eye, pro, tech, goggles, archaeology, and dig

c)

archaeology, dig, memorial, and day

d)

eye, pro, tech, goggles, memorial, and day

18.

Read this sentence: "Have you ever been to Greenland?" Which type of sentence is it?

a)

declarative

b)

interrogative

c)

imperative

d)

exclamatory

19.

What type of sentence is this, “‘Fortunately, we did not mind because we had brought an umbrella.”

a)

Simple sentence

b)

Compound sentence

c)

Complex sentence

20.

What type of sentence is this, “Alpacas has long legs and necks, and they have pointed ears”.

a)

Simple sentence

b)

Compound sentence

c)

Complex sentence

21.

What type of sentence is this, “‘we went to see the alpacas next”.

a)

Simple sentence

b)

Compound sentence

c)

Complex sentence

22.

Is this following sentence a fragment, run-on, or comma splice?

“‘Because baobab tress store water in their trunks.”

a)

F

b)

CS

c)

RO

23.

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”.

a)

F

b)

RO

c)

CS

24.

Is this following sentence a fragment, run-on, or comma splice?

‘The white flowers of the baobab open only at night, bats pollinate them”.

a)

F

b)

RO

c)

CS

25.

Which type of work should be italicized or underlined? (multiple correct answers)

a)

Books

b)

Movies

c)

Magazines

d)

Poems

26.

Which type of work should be in quotation marks? (multiple correct answers)

a)

Book

b)

Movie

c)

Poem

d)

Short story

27.

What is the correct way to write a song?

a)

italics

b)

Underline

c)

Quotation marks