Identifying Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device is used when a story has a deeper meaning, often moral or political, beneath its surface narrative?

• Aphorism

• Allegory

• Euphony

• Melodrama

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the term for a word or phrase that is no longer in common use, often used to give a sense of antiquity?

• Archaism

• Inversion

• Utopia

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which literary device involves a pair of rhyming lines in a poem?

• Masculine rhyme

• Couplet

• Dramatic irony

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the term for a question asked to make a point rather than to solicit an answer?

• Rhetorical question

• Antecedent

• Aphorism

• Euphony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Which literary device is characterized by a pleasing combination of sounds?

• Euphony

• Inversion

• Gothic novel

• Melodrama

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is the term for a literary device where the audience knows something that a character does not, often used in plays?

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic irony

• Allegory

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device involves the reversal of the normal order of words for emphasis or meter?

• Inversion

• Masculine rhyme

• Archaism

• Utopia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the term for a literary device that hints at events to come in a story?

• Foreshadowing

• Melodrama

• Allegory

• Aphorism

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which literary device is a brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life?

• Aphorism

• Theme

• Antecedent

• Gothic novel

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the term for a literary work that idealizes a perfect society?

• Utopia

• Melodrama

• Gothic novel

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6