QUIZS:🕵🏻‍♂️ Literary Devices and Figurative Language

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as."
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects when one is the other.

• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language. 

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
• The use of words to imitate sound.

What are the events that happen after the climax that help wrap up the previous problems?

• falling action
• rising action
• exposition
• climax

What is the leading character in the story called?

• hero
• protagonist
• antagonist
• good guy

What is it called when there's a break in the story to retell past events? 

• foreshadowing
• verbal irony
• flashback
• pun

What is the following an example of... "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town." 

• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia

What are the events that occur in a story that build up to the climax?

• rising action
• falling action
• exposition
• resolution

What are hints, clues, or warnings about something that will happen later in the story called?

• flashback
• setting
• allusion
• foreshadowing

What is the opposing force for the main character called?

• protagonist
• foil character
• antagonist
• static character

What is the following an example of... "I like that boom boom pow..."

• imagery
• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• personification