Literary Devices Quiz

What is the term for using a title or nickname instead of a name?

• Metonymy

• Antonomasia

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which term describes an extreme exaggeration to make a point?

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the term for placing opposite ideas side by side to highlight contrast?

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

• Anaphora

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which term refers to a quick reference to something famous?

• Schemes

• Analogy

• Tropes

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the term for using similar structures in phrases or sentences to create rhythm and clarity?

• Rhetorical question

• Irony

• Metonymy

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4