Literary Device Quiz ENG2D

An understatement for rhetorical effect is known as

• Antithesis

• Meiosis

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Repeating the same beginning sound of closely linked words is known as

• A pun

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The audience or reader knows something important that the main character in the story does not know is known as

• Pathetic fallacy

• Dramatic irony

• Symbolism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

An exaggeration in literature is known as

• Assonance

• A literary exaggeration

• Meiosis

• A hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Life is like a box of chocolates is a

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A wedding ring is an example of

• An image

• A pun

• A gift

• A symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The glaring sun made the trees glisten in the forest is an example of

• A symbol

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

In the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare tells the audience how the play will end. This is an example of

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic irony

• Suspense

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Attitude the writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character; it is conveyed through the writer’s choice of words and details

• Tone

• Mood

• Symbolism

• Rhetorical device

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Juliet's tears were a sea of sorrow is an example of

• Simile

• Comparison

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D