1.5_ Literary Devices

What is the central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work called?

• Simile

• Theme

• Allusion

• Personification

Which literary device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Imagery

Which of the following gives objects or abstract ideas human characteristics?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Allusion

• Extended Metaphor

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art is known as:

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Figurative Language

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together called?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Theme

• Metaphor

What type of language is imaginative and not meant to be interpreted literally?

• Figurative Language

• Theme

• Personification

• Allusion

What do we call descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures, often appealing to one or more of the five senses?

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Simile

• Theme

Which literary device is a comparison between two unlike things where one thing becomes another?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences, a paragraph, or even an entire piece of writing?

• Allusion

• Extended Metaphor

• Simile

• Figurative Language