Lit Term Examples
The car lights blinked in the distance.
What is Personification?
Before we go out for lunch I would like to clean my room a little.
Before we go out for lunch, I would like to clean my room a little.
Binoculars (help, helps) fans see this brilliant athlete close up as he passes and shoots.
What is help?
The generous people fed the emaciated lost dog.
A. fierce B. calm C. thin D. tame
C. thin
It was so cold outside, I thought I would die.
What is Hyperbole?
Coach Ditka my dad will be given an award tonight.
Coach Ditka, my dad, will be given an award tonight.
A grater and a blender (is, are) useful for making delicious soups and sauces quickly and efficiently.
What is grater and blender are?
She invariably leaves her homework at home and must turn it in late.
A. purposefully B. hated C. happily D. always
D. always
The early bird gets the worm.
The man with the dog is headed this way.
The man with the dog is headed this way.
Most of the audience members (was, were) pleased by the performance.
What is were?
The slovenly boy never cleaned his room or washed his hands.
A. proud B. sloppy C. careful D. little
B. sloppy
My dog is a pig when it is time for supper.
What is metaphor?
I would love to hang out this weekend ______ I am grounded.
I would love to hang out this weekend, but I am grounded.
Each of the programs left after the performance (was, were) recycled.
What is was?
“The lycanthropic virus story is really nailed down,” says Giles. “The epicenters that have been mapped over thousands of years are likely the spots where werewolves are concentrated.”
As it is used in this line, concentrated most nearly means…
(A) extracted
(B) paid attention to
(C) gathered together
(D) directed to one topic
(C) gathered together
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.
What is analogy?
Ms. Browder the craziest woman I have ever met is not going to be my teacher next year!
Ms. Browder, the craziest woman I have ever met, is not going to be my teacher next year!
These considerable contributions to the field of science (has, have) enhanced our understanding of the world.
What is contributions; have?
"She thinks I have a power that she doesn’t have and this brings out her envy and bad humor."
In this line, humor most nearly means…
a. personality
b. whim
c. mood
d. comedy
c. mood