Grade 9 English Literature Quiz

What literary device is used when a writer gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals?

• objectification

• personification

• animalization

• dehumanization

What is the term for the overall feeling the reader experiences in a piece of literature?

• plot

• character

• setting

• mood

In literature, what is the term for the central message or insight into life that a writer conveys?

• character

• setting

• theme

• plot

What is the term for the use of words that imitate sounds?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

What literary device is used when there is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• irony

What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?

• character

• plot

• setting

• theme

What is the term for the time and place in which a story takes place?

• plot

• character

• setting

• theme

What literary device is used when there is a hint or clue about what will happen later in the story?

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Flashback

What is the term for the use of exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis?

• irony

• understatement

• hyperbole

• metaphor

What is the term for the use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions?

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

• simile