Literary Devices Quiz

What is a figure of speech that is used to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is?

• understatement

• symbolism

• allusion

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The theme is____________________________________________.

• a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly throughout a text.

• the subject of a story.

• a humorous image, video or piece of text that is copied and sometimes altered and spread rapidly over the Internet.

• an article and a pronoun joined together without a space to create confusion to the reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

If someone says a lion represents bravery, this is an example of_______________________________

• metaphor

• symbolism

• personification

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

I was once a personal trainer. I wasn't as strong as the other trainers, so I decided to quit. Yesterday, I gave my boss a too weak notice.

This is an example of __________________.

• imagery

• a simile

• a pun

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the first part of the plot structure called?

• introduction

• climax

• rising action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

When non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we end up feeling they have the ability to act like human beings.

• personification

• simile

• allusion

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When the characters of a story start to develop more and a crisis or problem arises, a plot is said to be at this point in its structure.

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect, and typically are two words: an adjective and a noun.

• oxymoron

• irony

• hyperbole

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word, or otherwise known as a play on words is what literary device?

• allusion

• paradox

• oxymoron

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

This image is of two medical professionals. If this picture was a pun for a literary term, what device do you think it would be?

• paradox

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A