Literary Devices Quiz - AC

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• allusion

• alliteration

• simile

• assonance

The emotion felt while reading.

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagery

• Irony

Repetition of vowel sounds

• simile

• alliteration

• assonance

• metaphor

Writer's using diction (word choices) to paint a picture in the reader's mind about the plot, character, mood, etc.

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

A reference to a person, place or literary, historical, artistic, mythological source or event that is commonly recognized.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

A symbol represents an idea, quality, or concept larger than itself.

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Allusion

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• diction

• irony

• tone

• mood

A phrase with figurative meaning. You cannot figure out the meaning by just looking at the words. You have to make an inference.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

The use of irony and sarcasm to communicate the author's opinions of the foolishness of the subject or to call for change in a situation is known as:

• Satire

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Simile