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Literary Devices Quiz

Authored by Robyn Schnitzer

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9th - 12th Grade

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Literary Devices Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Ambiguity

Allegory

Aphorism

Alliteration

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story that has a deeper symbolic meaning.

Allegory

Anecdote

Irony

Genre

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Analogy

Simile

Metaphor

Allegory

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A short story told to make a point.

Anecdote

Aphorism

Allegory

Pun

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Antecedent

Syntax

Transition

Thesis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Presenting two opposite ideas in a balanced way.

Antithesis

Paradox

Oxymoron

Antithetical Sentence

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A short, wise saying that expresses a general truth.

Aphorism

Epigraph

Anecdote

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