Literary Devices and Imagery Quiz

Which literary device is used when a writer exaggerates to create a strong effect?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

What is the literary term for the repetition of vowel sounds within words?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a lion in battle.

• The moon was a ghostly galleon.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• The wind whispered through the trees.

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following quatrain: "Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow."

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABBA

Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• The silky sky was dotted with stars.

• The bees buzzed by the brook.

• She is as busy as a bee.

• His heart was a rock.

What does it mean when language is described as "figurative"?

• It uses figures of speech to be more effective.

• It is based on literal meanings.

• It avoids using any kind of imagery.

• It is straightforward without any embellishments.

Which literary device is used when an indirect reference is made to another work of literature or historical event?

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Simile

What is the literary term for the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme