Literary Devices Quiz

A ____________________ is a structure used by writers to convey a message to readers.

• point of view

• literary device

• literary technique

• literary element

A literary device used by the writer to give readers a greater understanding and appreciation of the story or text is called a ____________________.

• literary technique

• symbolism

• conflict

• character

The perspective from which a story is told is called ____________________.

• symbolism

• metaphor

• imagery

• point of view

A(n) _______________ takes the place of a noun.

• verb

• interjection

• adjective

• pronoun

A _______________ joins words or phrases.

• verb

• pronoun

• conjunction

• preposition

She sells seashells by the seashore. This sentence above is an example of which literary technique?

• Imagery

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

_______________ is the central idea, concern, or message in a text.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• setting

• theme

What is the subject in this sentence? The baby cries softly for his mother.

• baby

• softly

• for

• mother

A _______ is used in place of a period for two sentences where the conjunction has been left out.

• period

• question mark

• semicolon

• exclamation point

_______ is when the short or long vowel sounds are repeated anywhere in words that are close together.

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Allusion