Literary Devices Quiz

What is the term for repeating identical beginning consonant sounds?

• Flashback

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device involves an author interrupting the scene to tell about earlier events?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Situational irony

• Verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is it called when an author gives hints or clues about what will happen in the story?

• Hyperbole

• Dramatic irony

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which term describes an exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect?

• Hyperbole

• Situational irony

• Extended metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is situational irony?

• When the reader knows something the character does not

• When things happen in direct contrast to what we expect or would like to happen

• When people say one thing but mean the opposite

• A continued comparison throughout a work of literature

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is dramatic irony?

• When people say one thing but mean the opposite

• When the reader knows something the character does not

• When things happen in direct contrast to what we expect or would like to happen

• Words that imitate specific sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is verbal irony?

• When people say one thing but mean the opposite

• When the reader knows something the character does not

• When things happen in direct contrast to what we expect or would like to happen

• A continued comparison throughout a work of literature

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which term compares two things directly without using "like" or "as"?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that imitate specific sounds

• Repeating identical beginning consonant sounds

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a statement that, at first, seems contradictory, but upon reflection makes sense?

• Simile

• Paradox

• Symbol

• Tone