LITERARY TERMS

What literary device is used when an author indirectly hints at what's to come later on in the story?

• Foreshadowing

• Allegory

• Irony

• Symbolism

Which literary device is described as a story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life issues and events?

• Hyperbole

• Allegory

• Anachronism

• Alliteration

What is the term for a series of words or phrases that all start with the same sound?

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Metaphor/Simile

• Alliteration

In literature, what is the term for a long speech given by a character that prevents anyone else from talking?

• Monologue

• Aside

• Personification

• Soliloquy

Which literary device is used when an object, figure, event, or situation is used to represent something else in a written work?

• Flashback

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Tone

What is the term for an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally by the reader?

• Allegory

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

Which literary device is used when a character speaks to the audience, with the other characters on stage unaware of the speech?

• Monologue

• Aside

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

What is the term for when a statement is used to express an opposite meaning than the one literally expressed by it?

• Allegory

• Irony

• Personification

• Metaphor/Simile

In literature, what is the term for when an author describes a scene, thing, or idea to appeal to the reader's senses?

• Symbolism

• Tone

• Imagery

• Alliteration

Which literary device is used when a nonhuman figure is described as having human-like qualities or characteristics?

• Personification

• Anachronism

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole