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Literary Elements E208

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
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1.

How can diction affect a piece of literature?

a)

It can change the setting of the story.

b)

It can have a great effect on the tone of the piece of literature.

c)

It can alter the main characters' names.

d)

It can modify the length of the story.

2.

Which of the following phrases is an example of formal diction?

a)

"I am much obliged to you, sir"

b)

"Thanks a bunch, buddy!"

c)

"You're wrong!"

d)

"Hey, what's up?"

3.

What is the definition of tone in literature?

a)

The main idea of the story

b)

The attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject

c)

The sequence of events in the story

d)

The setting of the story

4.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a paradox?

a)

"Ignorance is strength"

b)

"Knowledge is power"

c)

"Peace is war"

d)

"Freedom is slavery"

5.

When objects or abstract ideas are given human characteristics.

a)

personification

b)

pun

c)

metaphor

d)

oxymoron

6.

What is litotes?

a)

involves the opposite of what is known or expected

b)

understatement in which a positive comment is made by stating the negative of the opposite of what is intended

c)

when a word sounds like what it means

d)

highly musical verse that expresses strong emotion

7.

oxymoron

a)

when a word sounds like what it means

b)

a phrase containing two words that contradict each other

c)

a seemingly contradictory idea that reveals a truth

d)

literary device that involves the opposite of what is known or expected

8.

A character that serves as a contrast or conflict to another character.

a)

Foil

b)

Antagonist

c)

Protagonist

d)

Caricature

9.

The idea and feeling associated with a word.

a)

Connotation

b)

Denotation

c)

Figure of speech

d)

Inference

10.

Life is like a box of chocolates.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

11.

He has spend a million hours studying for the exam.

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

simile

12.

Which term is exemplified in the statement: I speak not from ignorance, but from experience.

a)

Archetype

b)

Aphorism

c)

Cadence

d)

Antithesis

13.

blend of inharmonious (unharmonious) sounds

a)

epiphany

b)

denotatio

c)

cacophony

d)

connotation

14.

the manner in which words are arranged into sentences

a)

theme

b)

thesis

c)

syntax

d)

style

15.

using one part of an object to represent the entire object (calling a car "wheels")

a)

pun

b)

tautology

c)

round character

d)

synecdoche

16.

The act of substituting a harsh, blunt, or offensive comment for a more politically accepted or positive one.

a)

ambiguity

b)

euphemism

c)

euphony

d)

pun

17.

A metaphor carried throughout the text

a)

allusion

b)

metaphor

c)

extended metaphor

d)

symbolism

18.

How does this photo show dramatic irony? (click the text to see the picture)

a)

The prisoner thinks he's escaping but we know he's in for an unpleasant surprise

b)

You don't expect an outhouse (toilet) to be next to a prison

c)

The prisoner is clearly sarcastic

d)

All of the above

19.

"The Oval Office issued a statement regarding the new tax policy" is an example of which lit term?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Alliteration

c)

Personification

d)

Metonymy

20.

Which of the following is an example of an anachronism?

a)

an Apple watch in 2018

b)

an iPad in 2013

c)

a cell phone in 1962

d)

a laptop in 1989

21.

Break a leg when you go on stage.

a)

idiom

b)

pun

c)

hyperbole

d)

allusion

22.

Read the source of the allusion.


In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. He often shoots arrows at people to make them love each other.


What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?


I know I'm playing Cupid, but I think Bob and my cousin should spend more time together.

a)

trying to make people fall in love

b)

sharing or expressing an unpopular point of view

c)

saying kind and pleasant things about people

23.

What type of allusion is this?

a)

Mythological

b)

Biblical

c)

Literary

d)

Historical

24.

Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence:


"For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."- John F. Kennedy

a)

anaphora

b)

epistrophe

c)

hyperbole

d)

apposition

25.

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:


You, the people have the power – the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

a)

antithesis

b)

litotes

c)

epistrophe

d)

anaphora

26.

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:


“Speech is silver, but silence is gold.”

a)

apposition

b)

antithesis

c)

epistrophe

d)

anaphora

27.

Consider the following idiom: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Why is this also a juxtaposition example?

a)

In this case, dogs are being personified as able to learn tricks

b)

The reverse psychology of this proverb implies that you can indeed learn new things when you’ve gotten older.

c)

The contrast between old and new demonstrates the difficulty of learning new things at an old age or after getting stuck in one’s ways.

28.

Example: "There is darkness and light within all of us."

a)

metaphor

b)

allusion

c)

juxtaposition

d)

alliteration

29.

___________________ means: a rhetorical device that uses a word in a new grammatical shape, often as a noun or a verb. Simply, it replaces one part of speech with another.

a)

anthimeria

b)

asyndeton

c)

antimetabole

d)

antithesis

30.

Allegory must include

a)

symbolism

b)

irony

c)

allusion

d)

hyperbole

31.

Change the sentence so that it is logical and not ambiguous (select all that apply):


The burglar threatened the woman with a knife.

a)

The woman with a knife threatened the burglar.

b)

The burglar with a knife threatened the woman.

c)

The woman was threatened by the burglar with a knife.

d)

The burglar and the woman were threatened with a knife.

32.

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

a)

Antimetabole

b)

Anadiplosis

c)

Antithesis

d)

Asyndeton

33.

You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good.
- The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

a)

Alliteration

b)

Chiasmus

c)

Allusion

d)

Juxtaposition

34.

“Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.”
– Socrates (5th Century B.C.)

a)

allusion

b)

juxtaposition

c)

chiasmus

d)

connotation

35.

A motif is

a)

something that shows up once in a piece of work to connect it all together.

b)

a repeated image, theme, symbol, character, subject, or detail.

c)

an abstract idea

d)

All of the above

36.

Words that have a harmonious sound effect.

a)

euphonious

b)

cacophonous

c)

sound devices

d)

anaphora

37.

Peter rarely studies hard.

a)

Rarely does Peter study hard.

b)

Rarely Peter does study hard.

c)

Rarely Peter study hard.

d)

Rarely Peter do study hard.

38.

True or false: a satire uses humor to critique something that is wrong with society

a)

True

b)

False

39.

What satirical technique is being employed in this satire about the future?

a)

Exaggeration

b)

Irony

40.

Why is this ironic? 

a)

It is not ironic.

b)

People go to the gym to burn calories, not be lazy. 

c)

Fitness is misspelled. 

d)

The escalators are not working.