Literary Devices Quiz

The ____________________ is the most exciting point in a story.

• climax

• setting

• theme

• plot

The ____________________ is any events that occur after the falling action in a story.

• climax

• resolution

• plot

• foreshadowing

A writer’s attitude toward his or her subject is called the ____________________.

• theme

• tone

• mood

• setting

__________________ is the feeling created in the reader by the literary work.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• setting

The ____________________ is the central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life.

• plot

• theme

• symbol

• climax

A/an ____________________ is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

• symbol

The character or force in conflict with the main character is called the ____________________.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• symbol

• theme

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a ____________________.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Giving human characteristics to non-human things is called ____________________.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

The repetition of initial consonant sounds is called ____________________.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile