Mastering Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is used in the phrase "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What literary device is being used when a writer gives human traits to non-human things, as in "The wind whispered through the trees"?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

In literature, what is the term for a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Symbolism

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device is used in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs"?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the term for the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas?

• Imagery

• Mood

• Tone

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device is used in the phrase "The silence was deafening"?

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the term for the central character or leading figure in a story, often called the "hero"?

• Speaker

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Which literary device is used when an author hints at events to come in a story?

• Foreshadowing

• Climax

• Conflict

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for the time and place in which the story takes place?

• Mood

• Setting

• Tone

• Title

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which literary device is used in the phrase "Life is a journey"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4