Literary Devices
14 Questions
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This is a quiz over a variety of literary devices. It is a terms quiz.
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- 1.The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.
- A.
Foreshadowing
- B.
Allegory
- C.
Personification
- D.
Alliteration
- 2.Action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding.
- A.
Foreshadowing
- B.
Flashback
- C.
Idiom
- D.
Hyperbole
- 3.
- A.
Hyperbole
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Paradox
- D.
Irony
- 4.Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
- A.
Irony
- B.
Overstatement
- C.
Allusion
- D.
Symbol
- 5.Language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching.
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Symbolism
- C.
Overstatement
- D.
Imagery
- 6.A brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.May be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Allusion
- C.
Paradox
- D.
Simile
- 7.Two opposing ideas that reveal a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory but are nonetheless true.
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Paradox
- D.
Idiom
- 8.The comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Simile
- C.
Allusion
- D.
Personification
- 9.A comparison of two unlike things by stating that one is another, and not using like or as.
- A.
Simile
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Symbol
- 10.An exaggeration or overstatement.
- A.
Paradox
- B.
Symbol
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Idiom
- 11.A word that imitates the sound it represents.
- A.
Imagery
- B.
Symbol
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- 12.Giving human qualities to animals or objects.
- A.
Hyperbole
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Symbol
- D.
Personification
- 13.The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Hyperbole
- D.
Alliteration
- 14.The repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds.
- A.
Assonance
- B.
Irony
- C.
Personification
- D.
Alliteration
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