Literary Devices Quizzes, Questions & Answers
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This quiz, titled 'Lit terms and reasoning', assesses understanding of literary devices. It tests knowledge on metaphors, personification, and paraphrasing, enhancing comprehension and analytical skills in literature.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 79 | Last updated: Oct 26, 2023
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Sample QuestionMetaphor compares two things using like or as
Test your knowledge on literary terms and devices! This quiz assesses understanding of metaphors, similes, and narrative techniques like cliffhangers, enhancing literary analysis skills crucial for English Literature and Language...
Questions: 25 | Attempts: 463 | Last updated: Mar 17, 2025
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Sample QuestionBrian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.This metaphor compares Brian to a wall because __________.
This quiz focuses on identifying similes and metaphors in 'Night' by Elie Wiesel. It assesses understanding of literary devices through specific examples, enhancing comprehension and analytical skills in literature.
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 1832 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample Question“Here came the Rabbi…His mere presence among the deportees added a touch of unreality to the scene. It was like page torn from some storybook, from some historical novel about the captivity of Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition (Wiesel 14).”
A practice with similes, metaphors, onomatopoeias, personification, analogies, idioms, and hyperboles.
Questions: 21 | Attempts: 2583 | Last updated: Jun 28, 2024
How much do you know about English poetic devices? A poetic device is a literary device such as grammar, rhythm, and structure which assist the poet in creating poetry. Poetic devices form patterns that stimulate words into...
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 358 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionComparison of two things not using "like" or "as".
Explore key poetic devices with our Poetic Devices Quiz: Trivia Questions! Test your knowledge on alliteration, assonance, and more. Ideal for students and enthusiasts aiming to enhance their understanding of literary terms.
Questions: 20 | Attempts: 428 | Last updated: May 9, 2025
This quiz assesses understanding of literary devices and figurative language, including allusions, paradoxes, idioms, cliches, and more. It enhances comprehension of literature and improves analytical skills, making it essential...
Questions: 19 | Attempts: 319 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionA reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.
Explore key elements of fiction through this quiz titled 'Elements of Fiction 1-16'. Assess your understanding of literary devices like diction, imagery, symbolism, mood, theme, and foreshadowing. Enhance your analytical skills...
Questions: 16 | Attempts: 372 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionThe choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing; word choice of the author in regard to dialect and arrangement of words in a sentence (syntax)
For this quiz, again you should fill the name box with your class period first, then your last name first, a comma, and your first name. For instance, if my name were John Doe, and I had English 3rd period, I'd type,...
Questions: 32 | Attempts: 13762 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample Question-- a repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close together
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...
Questions: 27 | Attempts: 11375 | Last updated: Jan 12, 2025
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Sample Question"Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of:
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