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11 LA Exam Review - Definitions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the literary device called when the same letter or sound is repeated at the beginning of closely connected words?

a)

Assonance

b)

Alliteration

c)

Enjambment

d)

Apostrophe

2.

Which term refers to a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?

a)

Allusion

b)

Imagery

c)

Symbol

d)

Paradox

3.

What is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words called?

a)

Slant rhyme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Refrain

4.

What is a pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation, called?

a)

Caesura

b)

Enjambment

c)

Apostrophe

d)

Metaphor

5.

Which literary device involves addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction?

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Allusion

c)

Symbol

d)

Simile

6.

What term describes the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas?

a)

Imagery

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Paradox

7.

What is it called when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line of poetry to the next without a terminal punctuation mark?

a)

Enjambment

b)

Caesura

c)

Refrain

d)

Slant rhyme

8.

Which term refers to a hint or indication of a future event in a story?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Allusion

c)

Symbol

d)

Point of view

9.

What is a figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Apostrophe

d)

Paradox

10.

What is the term for a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse?

a)

Refrain

b)

Enjambment

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

11.

Which term refers to an object, character, or event that represents a deeper meaning or concept?

a)

Symbol

b)

Imagery

c)

Allusion

d)

Metaphor

12.

What is the perspective from which a story is narrated called?

a)

Point of view

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Apostrophe

d)

Paradox

13.

Which term describes a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth?

a)

Paradox

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Allusion

14.

What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assonance

15.

What is a type of rhyme in which the sounds are similar but not exactly the same?

a)

Slant rhyme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Assonance

d)

Refrain