Literary Devices Quiz

What is the literary device used to criticize and ridicule individuals or society, often employing humor or irony?

• Parody

• Satire

• Hyperbole

• Caricature

Which term describes an imitation of a specific writer, artist, or genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect?

• Satire

• Hyperbole

• Parody

• Sarcasm

What is a figure of speech involving exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Dramatic Irony

• Reversal

Which term refers to a representation in which certain features or characteristics are exaggerated for comic or grotesque effect?

• Caricature

• Verbal Irony

• Denotation

• Word Choice

What occurs when the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not?

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Sarcasm

When the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what was expected, it is called?

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Reversal

What is it called when a speaker says something contradictory to what they intend to convey?

• Sarcasm

• Verbal Irony

• Understatement

• Connotation

Which term describes the use of irony to mock or convey contempt?

• Parody

• Sarcasm

• Hyperbole

• Reversal

What is a change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot or character called?

• Reversal

• Understatement

• Word Nuance

• Denotation

Which figure of speech involves making a situation seem less important or serious than it is?

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Caricature

• Satire