If you’ve ever read a book, you may not have noticed it but you were subjected to multiple literary devices used by the author in order to add texture, energy, and excitement to the reading experience so that their story is imaginative and gripping. Below is a 12th grade literary devices quiz with trivia questions designed to test how well you understand the different devices in use. Give it a try!
Alliteration
Contrast
Simile
Personification
Allusion
Hyperbole
Simile
Oxymoron
Man vs. man
Man vs. himself
Man vs. the supernatural
All of the above are examples of conflict
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Imagery
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Tone
Theme
Mood
"She is an angel."
"jumbo shrimp"
"She is like an angel."
"The wind whistled through the trees."
Theme
Tone
Voice
Mood
Allusions
Allegories
Onomatopoeia
Similes
Similes
Onomatopoiea
Personification
Oxymoron
Personification
Irony
Metaphor
Metonymy
First person
Second person
Third person
Omnicient
First person
Second person
Third person
Omniscient
First person
Second person
Third person
Omniscient
First person
Second person
Third person
Omniscient
Tone
Mood
Theme
None of the above
Cliche
Personifications
Metaphor
Allegory
Euphemism
Idiom
Juxtaposition
Cliche
Connotative
Denotaive
Dialogue
Generalization
Simile
Metapor
Denotative
Personification
Idiom
Euphemism
Metaphor
Cliche
Denotative
Juxtapositon
Irony
Idiom
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