Literary Elements Quiz

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe is an example of this. The bigger idea within the story is that no man escapes death.

• Allegory

• Imagery

• Anthropomorphism

• Foreshadowing

An example of alliteration is...

• The tree danced.

• Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.

• She looked as innocent as an angel.

• Boom! Bang! Pow!

What would “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her" be an example of?

• Allegory

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The image, which compares chocolates to plums, is an example of:

• Imagery

• Simile

• Analogy

• Metaphor

What is Raymond, from Disney's "Zootopia," an example of?

• Anthropomorphism

• Onomatopoeia

• A symbol

• Personification

What is an anachronism?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• Giving human qualities to non human things.

• A comparison between two unlike things.

• Something that is out of place in terms of time or chronology.

What is the image an example of?

• Symbols

• Colloquialism

• Metaphors

• Imagery

Often, the most important decision an author makes is his or her word choice. What is word choice also known as?

• Diction

• Words

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphors

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead, called?

• A poem

• An elegy

• An euphemism

• Couplets

The confetti rained down from the sky creating a feeling of immense joy in all that stood below. What is this an example of?

• Personification

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5