Literary Devices Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
Consonance
Onomatopoeia
Assonance
Tags
CCSS.RL.3.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the term for an expression that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.W.4.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which of these is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What do we call the use of words that imitate the sounds they denote?
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.W.4.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which literary device refers to a contradiction that, despite sound reasoning from true premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless?
Epigraph
Paradox
Connotation
Apostrophe
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.L.4.6
CCSS.L.6.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Which figure of speech involves a direct comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
Personification
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.10
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the term for a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?
Allusion
Assonance
Consonance
Diction
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
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