Literary Devices Quiz

What is an example of hyperbole?

• This is the best pizza in the universe!

• Tell me something I don’t know.

• I know one thing: that I know nothing.

• Jumbo shrimp, icy hot

Which literary device involves a remark made mockingly or ironically?

• Sarcasm

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Simile

What is the definition of a paradox?

• The juxtaposition of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden truth

• Two words that are opposite used together for effect

• A comparison using like or as

• A non-living object is given human traits

Which example best illustrates an oxymoron?

• Jumbo shrimp, icy hot

• His fleece was white as snow.

• The rain danced on the rooftops.

• You are the sunshine of my life.

What is situational irony?

• What happens is the opposite of what we expect

• We know something that the characters in the story don’t know

• We mean the opposite of what we say

• A comparison using like or as

Which literary device is used when we know something that the characters in the story don’t know?

• Dramatic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Metaphor

What does verbal irony mean?

• We mean the opposite of what we say

• What happens is the opposite of what we expect

• A comparison using like or as

• A non-living object is given human traits

Which literary device appeals to the audience using emotions?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Metaphor

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison in which one thing is spoken of as if it is another

• A non-living object is given human traits

• Two words that are opposite used together for effect

Which example best illustrates personification?

• The rain danced on the rooftops.

• His fleece was white as snow.

• You are the sunshine of my life.

• Jumbo shrimp, icy hot