Literary Devices Quiz

What is the term for the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Which literary device involves a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is a "play on words" that involves words with similar sounds but different meanings?

• Pun

• Allusion

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which literary device attributes human characteristics to something nonhuman?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What is the term for an expression that calls something to mind without mentioning it explicitly?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Which literary device involves the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named?

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Which literary device involves exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally?

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is an idiom?

• A group of words with a meaning not deducible from individual words

• A seemingly absurd statement that may be true

• A figure of speech with contradictory terms

• A type of poem

Which of the following is an example of a paradox?

• Raining cats and dogs

• Fantastically awful

• Less is more

• Beat around the bush