Literary Devices - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

As Macbeth speaks of wanting to kill King Duncan, King Duncan waits outside Macbeth's palace singing the praises of Macbeth. This is an example of...

Metaphor

Irony

Personification

Simile

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Choose the statement below that best represents an example of imagery.

The dog ran down the road.

The dog ran down the dirt road.

The dog ran down the road, and walked down the sidewalk.

The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The lazy river looks less than lovely this late in the day. This sentence is a good example of how an author can use __________________ in writing to communicate a point. (hint: it is a type of sound technique)

rhyme

simile

alliteration

metaphor

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Read the following line and determine which term(s) is used as symbolism: Malcolm says, "It would be smart to offer someone poor and innocent like me as a sacrificial lamb to satisfy an angry god like Macbeth."

sacrificial lamb

smart

innocent

offer

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

I am as angry as a bull at the rodeo. This sentence is an example of _________________.

personification

metaphor

simile

hyperbole

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the best example of foreshadowing below:

Three witches telling Macbeth he will one day be King

Macduff's wife dying

Banquo going to sleep and having a dream

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This cartoon illustrates:

metaphor

hyperbole

personification

irony

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The irony is when an event or response occurs that is the _________ of what is expected.

similar

related to

opposite

quite similar

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which is an example of Metaphor?

This tree is the god of the forest.

This tree is like the god of the forest.

The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders.

The tree felt smooth as sandstone.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The car coughed, hacked, and spluttered. This is an example of what literary device?

metaphor

allegory

pun

personification

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A metaphor is literally a comparison and hyperbole is just an over-exaggeration. In this same style, ________ is just a fancy word for a literary reference.

alliteration

allusion

allegory

pun

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

“There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in [Farmer] Jones’s day.” This is an example of:

personification

hyperbole

irony

allegory

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Words “murmur,” “gargle,” and “rumble,” “click,” and “vroom” are examples of what literary device?

Onomatopoeia

Allegory

Allusion

Metaphor

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A ___ is a literary device that plays with the sounds and meanings of words to produce new, often humorous ideas.

Pun

Onomatopoeia

Imagery

Foreshadowing

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Let’s say you used too much butter in your recipe, and it ruined the dish. You might joke that you were “outside the margarine of error,” which is a play on the words “margin of error.” This is an example of what literary device?

Personification

Simile

Alliteration

Pun

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