8th Grade Language and Literature - Literary Device Review

Which literary device compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• smile

• dramatic irony

Which of the types of irony describes when the audience is aware of important information that the characters are not?

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• alanis morrisette irony

_________________ gives human characteristics to unhuman things.

• situational irony

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Which type or irony describes when the tone doesn't match the subject. EX: Sarcasm

• verbal irony

• situation irony

• dramatic irony

• alanis morissette irony

Which literary device compares two unlike things using the words LIKE or AS?

• simile

• metaphor

• smile

• extended metaphor

___________ is the author's feelings toward the subject of a piece of literature.

• mood

• tone

• feelings

• thesis

"Witty wordsmiths worldwide wonder about the whereabouts of whales" is an example of which literary device?

• allusion

• alliteration

• alice in wonderland

• antagonist

"There is more than one way to skin a cat" is an example of which literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• flashback

Which of the following is NOT an idiom?

• High Five

• He woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

• We are all in the same boat.

• You look nice today.

If an author were trying to create a mood of suspense, such as in the Macabre genre, which literary device are they LEAST likely use?

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• situational irony