Worksheets11 LA Exam Review - Definitions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the literary device called when the same letter or sound is repeated at the beginning of closely connected words?
Assonance
Alliteration
Enjambment
Apostrophe
Which term refers to a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?
Allusion
Imagery
Symbol
Paradox
What is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words called?
Slant rhyme
Alliteration
Assonance
Refrain
What is a pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation, called?
Caesura
Enjambment
Apostrophe
Metaphor
Which literary device involves addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction?
Apostrophe
Allusion
Symbol
Simile
What term describes the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas?
Imagery
Metaphor
Alliteration
Paradox
What is it called when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line of poetry to the next without a terminal punctuation mark?
Enjambment
Caesura
Refrain
Slant rhyme
Which term refers to a hint or indication of a future event in a story?
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Symbol
Point of view
What is a figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things?
Simile
Metaphor
Apostrophe
Paradox
What is the term for a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse?
Refrain
Enjambment
Alliteration
Assonance
Which term refers to an object, character, or event that represents a deeper meaning or concept?
Symbol
Imagery
Allusion
Metaphor
What is the perspective from which a story is narrated called?
Point of view
Foreshadowing
Apostrophe
Paradox
Which term describes a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth?
Paradox
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Assonance
What is a type of rhyme in which the sounds are similar but not exactly the same?
Slant rhyme
Alliteration
Assonance
Refrain
