Literary Devices and Techniques Quiz

The choice to use a word or phrase in writing or a speech is known as:

• Syntax

• Diction

• Grammar

• Punctuation

The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader is known as:

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Plot

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example: William wails in wake of woe.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told. (List person "I", 2nd person "you", 3rd person "they". Name Proper Noun)

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• Proper Noun

When giving something that is not human, human characteristics, such as 'The daisy danced to the sun', this is known as what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The author's attitude in a given text.

• Objective

• Subjective

• Indifferent

• Critical

The sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect is known as?

• Chronology

• Causality

• Synchronicity

• Continuity

Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.

• Analyze

• Summarize

• Paraphrase

• Evaluate

A repeated pattern—an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again within a particular story (specific to one literary work/ thematic development) is known as?

• Allegory

• Motif

• Metaphor

• Simile

Acronym used to identify indirect characterization traits.

• STEAL

• SWOT

• SMART

• SOAPSTone