Literary Devices and Language Quiz

What literary device is used in the following sentence: 'Sally sells shells at the seashore'?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Metaphor

Which literary device is demonstrated in the following sentence: 'The poor have been wronged. The wronged will seek vengeance'?

• Anaphora

• Anadiplosis

• Chiasmus

• Epanalepsis

What is the literary device used in the sentence: 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going'?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• chiasmus

• Repetition

What is the literary device used in the sentence: 'Life, Liberty and Happiness'?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

The king is dead, long live the dead.

• epanalepsis

• allusion

• chiasmus

• metaphor

Words like 'sir, honored, lord' and other compliments can be used to show...

• respect

• shared values

• comparison

Tone is the author's attitude to the topic. Tone is showed through

• word choice

• length of article

• punctuation

• symoblism

Words like 'faith, God, brethren, kin, sisters, brothers, our history' can show..

• shared values and beliefs

• respect

• alliteration

• simile

a literary device that uses items/things, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning

• word choice

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

a reference to a historical event or piece of literature in order to quickly form an image in the reader's mind

• epanalepsis

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor