Literary Devices Quiz

"He was a real Romeo with the ladies."

• allegory

• allusion

• alliteration

Answer explanation

An allusion is a reference made by a writer or speaker to a well-known person, event, or place.

It is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or moral message.

• allegory

• allusion

• alliteration

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

• allegory

• allusion

• alliteration

Answer explanation

The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."

• antagonist

• anthropomorphism

• assonance

Answer explanation

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, but the consonant sounds may be different.

Iago - Shakespeare's Othello

Lord Voldemort - Harry Potter

• antagonist

• anthropomorphism

• assonance

Answer explanation

An antagonist is a character in a story who opposes or is hostile towards the protagonist, who is typically the main character.

It is  giving human traits or attributes to animals, inanimate objects or other non-human things.

• antagonist

• anthropomorphism

• assonance

The vehicle (person, animal, creation) that moves the story forward.

• characters

• characterisation

• climax

It refers to the techniques employed by writers to develop characters through dialogue, description, action, reaction, and thoughts.

• characters

• characterisation

• climax

It is the point at which the conflict of the story begins to reach a turning point and begins to be resolved.

• characters

• characterisation

• climax

"Mike likes his new bike."

• conflict

• connotation

• consonance

Answer explanation

Consonance is the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after differing vowel sounds.