Question

Identify the following literary devices. Terms can be repeated/used many times.

___________________________I am a leper.
___________________________The warm and comforting fire helped her keep calm.
___________________________Writers weave their witty, wonderful words into webs.
___________________________Saying goodbye to my friend was bitter sweet.
___________________________Snow has wrapped a white blanket over the city.
___________________________It was so funny, I nearly died laughing.
___________________________Her eyes were fireflies.
___________________________Canada expects its citizens to pay taxes.
___________________________It was a minor catastrophe.
___________________________Splish-splash downhill our sleigh went in the snow.
___________________________His word is as good as gold.
___________________________Passing breeze made a whooshing noise.
Match the following terms with definitions K /13

Protagonist, narrator, plot, climax, theme, setting, antagonist, point of view, conflict, characters, foreshadowing, flashback, symbol




Time and place in which a story happens.


The problems or struggle in the story.


A real life object representing an abstract idea


Main and minor people/animals in the story


A memory, a thought or going back in time by character


The person who tells the story


The perspective from which the story is told.


The main message or main idea of the story.


The order of events in the story


Clues or hints about what is going to happen in the future


Main character in the story; good or bad


Main character who fights with the protagonist


The highest point of tension in the story

Answer 1

__metaphor__Saying goodbye to my friend was bitter sweet.

__metaphor__Snow has wrapped a white blanket over the city.

__hyperbole (maybe)__It was so funny, I nearly died laughing.

__metaphor__Her eyes were fireflies.

__not sure__Canada expects its citizens to pay taxes.

__not sure__It was a minor catastrophe.

__oxymoron__Splish-splash downhill our sleigh went in the snow.

__simile__His word is as good as gold.

__oxymoron__Passing breeze made a whooshing noise