Literary Elements and Devices Quiz

What is the term for the main message or lesson in a story?

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Character

Which literary device involves a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the term for the events in a story?

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Theme

• Plot

Which term describes the author's attitude toward the subject?

• Dialogue

• Point of View

• Tone

• Mood

What is the term for giving human traits to non-human things?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which term describes a problem in the story?

• Theme

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Setting

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

• Theme

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

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

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is the term for the perspective from which a story is told?

• Conflict

• Dialogue

• Point of View

• Tone

Which literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor