Literary Devices Quiz

A word, phrase, or sentence that can have more than one meaning.

• Ambiguity

• Allegory

• Aphorism

• Alliteration

A story that has a deeper symbolic meaning.

• Allegory

• Anecdote

• Irony

• Genre

A comparison between two things to explain an idea or situation.

• Analogy

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allegory

A short story told to make a point.

• Anecdote

• Aphorism

• Allegory

• Pun

The word that a pronoun refers back to in a sentence.

• Antecedent

• Syntax

• Transition

• Thesis

Presenting two opposite ideas in a balanced way.

• Antithesis

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Antithetical Sentence

A short, wise saying that expresses a general truth.

• Aphorism

• Epigraph

• Anecdote

Talking directly to someone who isn’t there or to an idea, like "love" or "freedom."

• Apostrophe

• Monologue

• Personification

• Invocation

One assertian of a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer

• Argument

• Thesis

• Rhetoric

• Logic

The mood or feeling created by the setting and details in a literary work.

• Atmosphere

• Tone

• Theme

• Setting