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Literary Terms and Author's Craft Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of figurative language is being used?
Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

imagery

2.

What kind of figurative language is being used?
Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

imagery

3.

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The rooster smiled and winked at me.

a)

simile

b)

imagery

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

4.

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands. 

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

personification

5.

What kind of figurative language is being used?
The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

a)

personification

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

6.

The best definition of theme is...

a)

The moral a writer is teaching.

b)

The message the author is trying to convey.

c)

A word that summarizes the story.

d)

The character's main problem.

7.

Hyperboles are phrases that

a)

compare two unlike things

b)

exaggerate

c)

give person-like qualities to animals and things

d)

have a different meaning than the words.

8.

What are the five categories of the author's craft?

a)

Key Ideas, Details, Explicit Information, Implicit Information, Making Inferences,

b)

voice, mood, anecdote, language, hyperbole

c)

Preview, Question, Predict, Infer, Connect

d)

Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Proofreading, Publishing

9.

"If I told you once then I told you a thousand times to clean your room!"
This quote is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

10.

Select all that apply. Which of the following are specified as Word Craft techniques?

a)

Imagery

b)

Details

c)

Word Choice

d)

Vivid Verbs

11.

It is the author’s writing that makes his or her writing unique

a)

voice

b)

mood

c)

language

d)

none of the above

12.

a short, funny, or interesting story related to a character or events is

a)

language

b)

anecdote

c)

mood

d)

hyperbole

13.

Which literary device is used when an author gives human traits to non-human objects?

a)

A) Metaphor

b)

B) Simile

c)

C) Personification

d)

D) Alliteration

14.

What is the term for the author's attitude toward the subject they are writing about?

a)

A) Tone

b)

B) Mood

c)

C) Theme

d)

D) Style

15.

Which of the following best describes the term 'imagery'?

a)

A) The use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to the work

b)

B) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

c)

C) The central message of a story

d)

D) The sequence of events in a story