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Literary techniques for G7

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses..

a)

anaphora

b)

anafora

c)

onomatopoiea

d)

personification

2.

A form of figurative language in which something is highly exaggerated.

a)

hyperbole

b)

irony

c)

foregrounding

d)

understatement

3.

“It was a dark and stormy night..” helps to create the ______of a story.

a)

mood

b)

tone

c)

atmosphere

d)

resolution

4.

What is a verb?

a)

A name of something

b)

A description of how

c)

How something was done

d)

an action word

5.

Which is NOT one of the 5 senses?

a)

Touch

b)

Taste

c)

Feel

d)

Thought

6.

The blue text represents ..

a)

The climax

b)

The resolution

c)

The falling action

d)

the conflict

7.

The red text represents ..

a)

The climax

b)

The resolution

c)

The falling action

d)

the conflict

8.

A contrast between what is believed and what actually happens is known as..

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Metaphor

c)

Strawman

d)

Irony

9.

Which is not an example of figurative language..

a)

The grass is melting

b)

The grass is green and soft.

c)

The grass welcomed me

d)

The long grass waved at me.

10.

Which technique is NOT an example of figurative language.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

d)

repetition

11.

Saying, “I love when technology doesn’t work when I need it.” Is an example of which technique?

a)

verbal irony

b)

dramatic irony

c)

situational irory

d)

sarcasm

12.

The repetition of the same constant sound in the beginning or stressed syllables of words.

a)

Alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

imagery

d)

juxtaposition

13.

The perspective from which the story is told

a)

Point of view

b)

report

c)

summary

d)

recount

14.

The setting lets us know about the :

a)

background of the events and place where the story happens

b)

The whole plot

c)

All the characters are introduced

d)

The rising action occurs

15.

This character is known as the

a)

protragonist

b)

Spear carrier

c)

Sidekick

d)

antagonist

16.

This is an example of ..

a)

conflict

b)

foreshadowing

c)

symbolism

d)

characterisation

17.

This is an example of:

a)

Situational irony

b)

mood

c)

dramatic irony

d)

temper

18.

Man vs technology is an example of __________

a)

plot

b)

conflict

c)

motif

d)

irony

19.

The straightforward meaning of a word..

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

alliteration

d)

verbal irony

20.

In the Lion King, the battle between Simba and Scar is the ______ of the story.

a)

setting

b)

resolution

c)

clmax

d)

falling action

21.

This is an indirect reference such as a literary reference to a person, place, event or idea that originates outside of the text.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Asynecdoche

d)

Allusion

22.

What is conversation between characters?

a)

speakings

b)

bubbles

c)

dialogue

d)

quotes

23.

This is the effects or associations of a particular use of a word or words.

a)

deonotations

b)

connotations

c)

response

d)

hyperbolism

24.

A reoccuring symbol is known as a ___

a)

metaphor

b)

mood starter

c)

monolith

d)

motif

25.

When the audience knows something the characters don't, it is known as.

a)

Situational irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Non linear ironic reference