Literary Devices and Terms Quiz

What is an acrostic?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an allegory?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is alliteration?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an allusion?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an anachronism?

• A person or thing placed in the wrong time period

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an anadiplosis?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A word or group of words repeated at the beginning of successive clauses

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an analogy?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• A comparison that aims to explain a thing or idea by likening it to something else

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an anapest?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• A three-syllable metrical pattern in poetry

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an anaphora?

• A piece of writing that spells out a word or phrase with special significance

• A work that conveys a hidden meaning through symbolic characters and events

• Words that repeat at the beginning of successive clauses

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

What is an antagonist?

• A person or thing placed in the wrong time period

• A character who opposes the protagonist of a story

• The repetition of the same sound in a group of words

• An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text