Literary Devices Quiz

What literary device involves conversation between characters?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Dialogue

What literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

What literary device involves a contrast between expectation and reality?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Irony

What is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things by saying one thing is another?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

What literary device interrupts the chronological sequence of a narrative to provide background information?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Flashback

What literary device creates a feeling of tension or excitement, typically in anticipation of something unexpected?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Suspense

What literary device hints at events that will occur later in the story?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

What literary device uses descriptive language to create vivid mental images for the reader?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

What literary device involves giving human qualities to non-human things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

What literary device uses words that mimic the sound they represent?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia