Literary Devices Quiz

What is the term for recurring or emerging ideas in a work?

• Theme

• Syntax

• Imagery

• Symbol

Which term describes a comparison of two things using the words like, as, or as if?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Irony

What is the term for descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions in order to create an impression?

• Imagery

• Euphony

• Cacophony

• Symbol

What is the term for the act of creating patterns by repeating not only sounds but also words, lines, meter, or syntax?

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Allusion

• Irony

Which term describes words that are pleasant and musical to the ear?

• Cacophony

• Euphony

• Irony

• Prose

What is the term for using a part of something to stand for the whole?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synecdoche

• Allusion

What is the term for a reference within a work (literature) to something else, usually history or another artistic work?

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Irony

• Prose

What is the term for the use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens?

• Symbol

• Irony

• Imagery

• Theme

What is the term for writing that resembles speech and differs from poetry, such as a short story or an essay?

• Prose

• Poetry

• Poetic

• Syntax

What is theme?

• The main point of a text

• The most important event in the plot

• A universal idea, message, or truth explored in literature

• The lesson the protagonist (main character) learns