WorksheetsLit Terms 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the term for a concept or value that cannot be seen and is often compared to something concrete by writers?
Allegory
Abstraction
Alliteration
Analogy
What do we call one of the main divisions of a play or opera?
Act
Scene
Chapter
Verse
Which literary device involves characters, objects, or actions representing abstractions, creating a story within a story?
Allusion
Allegory
Anagram
Analogy
What is the repetition of a beginning consonant sound called?
Alliteration
Anaphora
Analogy
Ambiguity
What is a reference to something outside of the specific text, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical, called?
Allusion
Allegory
Anachronism
Anagram
Which term describes a word, phrase, or statement that contains more than one meaning?
Analogy
Ambiguity
Anaphora
Alliteration
What is the term for a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially something old-fashioned?
Anachronism
Allegory
Allusion
Analogy
What do you call a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase?
Anaphora
Anagram
Alliteration
Analogy
Which literary device is a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way?
Analogy
Allegory
Allusion
Anachronism
What is the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences called?
Alliteration
Anaphora
Analogy
Ambiguity
Which term refers to a literary work where there is a story within the story, often with symbolic characters and events?
Allegory
Allusion
Anachronism
Anagram
If a writer repeats the same consonant sound at the start of several words in a sentence, which device are they using?
Alliteration
Anaphora
Analogy
Ambiguity
Which term best describes a reference to a famous historical event in a novel?
Allusion
Anagram
Analogy
Act
What is it called when a phrase can be interpreted in more than one way?
Ambiguity
Anaphora
Allegory
Analogy
Which word means a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification?
Analogy
Anagram
Alliteration
Anachronism
What is the main division of a play called?
Act
Scene
Chapter
Verse
Which device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
Anaphora
Alliteration
Analogy
Ambiguity
What is the Greek word meaning “backward time” that refers to something out of its proper historical period?
Anachronism
Allegory
Allusion
Anagram
Which term describes a concept or value that cannot be seen, often contrasted with something concrete?
Abstraction
Allegory
Alliteration
Analogy
What is the term for rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to create a new word or phrase?
Anagram
Anaphora
Alliteration
Analogy
