Literary Terms Quiz

A word intended to simulate the actual sound of the thing or action it describes.

• allusion

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• tone

A literary type or form.

• foreshadowing

• genre

• plot

• symbol

A deliberate exaggeration

• hyperbole

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

• style

The perspective from which a story is presented to a reader.

• characterization

• plot

• point of view

• flashback

The use of repeated sounds at the beginning of words.

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• personification

Devices such as metaphor, simile, repetition, personification, etc. , used by authors to convey mood, theme and more.

• figurative language

• plot

• theme

• foreshadowing

A story text or the perspective from which a story is told.

• narrative

• plot

• characterization

• mood

The author's choice of words.

• diction

• tone

• mood

• irony

A word or group of words in a literary work that appeal to one or more of the 5 senses.

• imagery

• connotation

• mood

• setting