Literary Devices Quiz

What is Alliteration?

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words

What is Assonance?

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words

What is Cacophony?

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words

What is Consonance?

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

What is Onomatopoeia?

• The use of words whose sounds echo their meaning

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is Allusion?

• A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that is widely known

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is Flashback?

• An interruption of the action in a story which presents events that took place at an earlier time

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is Foreshadowing?

• Occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is Irony?

• Shows contrast between appearance and reality

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is Paradox?

• An appeared contradictory statement, or idea

• Repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words

• A literary device that refers to the use Of harsh, discordant, or jarring sounds in language

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words