Literary Devices Quiz

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or syllables called?

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Which figure of speech compares two things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

What is the use of an object, person, or event to represent something else known as?

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Rhyme

What is the term for the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?

• Rhythm and Meter

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Which term describes an exaggerated statement for emphasis or effect?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Metaphor

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Imager

“Life is a journey.”

• Personification

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Imagery

“The wind danced through the trees.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Rhyme

“A dove is a symbol of peace.”

• Imagery

• Personification

• Sibilance

• Symbolism

Repetition of vowel sounds within words

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Assonance

• Sibilance