Literary Devices Quiz

What is the repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words, called?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Which term describes imaginative language used for descriptive effect, not meant to be taken literally?

• Figurative Language

• Prose

• Free Verse

• Onomatopoeia

What is poetry without a regular meter or a rhyme scheme called?

• Prose

• Free Verse

• Imagery

• Personification

Which term refers to language that appeals to our senses?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Figurative Language

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

What type of literature expresses ideas and feelings in compact, imaginative, and musical language?

• Prose

• Poetry

• Free Verse

• Figurative Language

What is any language that is not poetry called?

• Prose

• Free Verse

• Figurative Language

• Imagery

Which element of poetry helps readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, or taste?

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as'

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as'

• A metaphor is a type of alliteration

• A simile is a type of hyperbole

What is rhythm in poetry?

• A message about life

• A pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables

• A group of consecutive lines within a poem

• The repetition of sounds at the ends of words