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Quizizz: Literary Devices

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The following is an example of what type of literary device: a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.  
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Situational Irony
2.
Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know. 
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Symbolism
3.
What is the literary definition of a simile?
a)
Compare two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison
b)
Speaking of an inanimate object as if it had human qualities 
c)
Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else
d)
Compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"
4.
The following is an example of what type of literary device: Heather is a beautiful snowflake.  
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Verbal Irony
5.
Choose the correct term for the following definition: A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people. 
a)
Imagery
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dialect
d)
Symbolism
6.
What is the literary definition of symbolism?
a)
Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison
b)
People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves
c)
Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else
d)
Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses
7.
The following is an example of what type of literary device: the train eats up the miles.
a)
Symbolism
b)
Dialect
c)
Dramatic Irony
d)
Personification
8.
Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we say one thing and mean something else.
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Dramatic Irony
c)
Situational Irony
d)
Dialect
9.
What is the literary definition of a imagery?
a)
A way of speaking that's characteristic of a particular place or group of people
b)
Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses
c)
Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison
d)
Comparing two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"
10.
A direct representation or a comparison where one thing is another
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Pun
11.
A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects
a)
Juxtaposition
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Personification
d)
Imagery
12.

What poetic device is used in this picture?

a)

Repetition

b)

Consonance

c)

Assonance

d)

Alliteration

13.
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
a)
Simile
b)
Simie
c)
Smile
d)
Similie
14.
"I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of
a)
Hyperbowl
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Hyperbully
d)
Hiperbolie
15.
A mental picture described using sight, smell, taste, hearing, or touch.
a)
Imagery
b)
Image
c)
Imagination
d)
Imagerie
16.
A word or line repeated to evoke an emotion or contain rhythm
a)
Repitition
b)
Repetion
c)
Repetition
d)
Repiteteion
17.
Words that sound the same:
Cat / Hat
Fire / Desire
Fake / Steak
Pitter / Patter
a)
Rhyme
b)
Rhythm
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Stanza
18.
The _____________________ meaning of words does not mean what it said.
It can be connotation or the feeling / idea we give a word.
a)
Literal
b)
Figurative
c)
Literally
d)
Figure 8
19.
The _____________________ meaning of words is what the words actually say.
It can be denotation or the dictionary meaning.
a)
Figure 8 
b)
Figurative
c)
Literal
d)
Literally
20.
A reference (connection) to show that a well-known person, place, or thing is similar.
a)
Illusion
b)
Allusion
c)
Alliteration
d)
none of the above
21.
A Pun is...
a)
a clever play on words
b)
making a funny statement about words in similar situations
c)
double-meaning words or more than one interpretation
d)
all of these
22.
Assonance is ...
a)
the repetition of vowel sounds / letters
b)
the repetition of consonant sounds / letters
c)
none of these
d)
repetition of a line
23.
An ________ is everyday expression that doesn't mean what it says, which can be jargon or slang as well.
a)
idiom
b)
idiam
c)
idadam
d)
indian
24.
Having an unexpected event or meaning the opposite of what is said (sarcasm) or coincidence
a)
Ironie
b)
Irony
c)
Aaron
d)
I urn knee
25.
A representation of objects, ideas, or qualities
a)
Symbolosm
b)
Symbolism
c)
Simbolism
d)
Symbilism
26.

Words that START with the same sound and are used repeatedly in a sentence.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

27.

A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

all of the above

28.

Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

literary device

d)

alliteration

29.

He's as strong as an ox.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

30.

CRASH! went the cymbals during the song.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

31.

The elephant is a large grey mountain.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

32.

Some students sing silly songs on Saturday.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

33.

All that buzz, buzz, buzz and pop, pop, pop!

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

34.

Her eyes were as round as oranges.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

all of the above

35.

She was a quiet mouse reading in the corner of the class.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

onomatopoeia

36.

Referring to something that is not human as if it were human

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Personification

c)

Irony

d)

Alliteration

37.

When the opposite of what you expect to happens occurs

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Personification

c)

Irony

d)

Alliteration

38.

Compares to things using like or as

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Irony

39.

An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Simile

c)

Symbol

d)

Personification

40.

Her heart was as dark as the night is an example of what?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Irony

41.

Which of the following sentences is the best example of personification?

a)

She was as shy as a chipmunk.

b)

Sarah is a delicate flower.

c)

The police station was robbed.

d)

The grass danced in the breeze.

42.

Which sentence is the best example of dialect?

a)

The student sat as still as a statue.

b)

Katherine is a bear in the morning.

c)

The wind whispered in the trees.

d)

Howdy partner! Why don't you sit for a spell?

43.

What does it mean when you tell someone to break a leg?

a)

Good luck!

b)

I hope you hurt yourself!

c)

Watch your step!

d)

Don't touch me!

44.

A whiff of the coffee aroma filled our noses. This is a good example of what literary device?

a)

Irony

b)

Personification

c)

Imagery

d)

Metaphor

45.
Choose the statement below that best represents an example of imagery.
a)
The dog ran down the road.
b)
The dog ran down the dirt road.
c)
The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.
d)
The dog ran down the road, and walked down the sidewalk.
46.
I am as angry as a bull at the rodeo.  This sentence is an example of _________________.
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
heart warming answer
47.
Foreshadowing is when we learn what will happen in the ___________________.
a)
Past
b)
Present
c)
Future
d)
Never
48.
I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 
a)
hyperbole
b)
simile
c)
alliteration
d)
metaphor
49.
"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______ 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
50.

"Her long hair is an ocean of waves" is an example of...

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

hyperbole

d)

metaphor

51.
What type of figurative language is this?
"You are as cuddly as a cactus; you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Personification
52.

A look back to an earlier event...

a)

Flashback

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

theme

d)

climax

53.

What is tone in writing?

a)

The reader's attitude toward the subject.

b)

The author's attitude toward the subject.

c)

The reader's feelings about the subject.

d)

Words that make sounds.

54.

The definition of mood is

a)

the overall feelings or emotions in the writer.

b)

the lesson or author's message

c)

your feelings or emotions that occur when you read.

d)

the turning point in a story.

55.
Which of the following might describe the setting of a story?
a)
a frog and a witch
b)
happy and loving 
c)
a high school in 1956
d)
love is stronger than fear
56.

What is conflict?

a)

The setting

b)

The problem

c)

the events in a story

d)

the solution to a problem

57.
time and place the story takes place
Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."
a)
setting
b)
plot
c)
imagery
d)
exposition
58.
the audience knows something that the characters do not know
Ex. When Lennie walks in Crooks's room. (Lennie does not know that he is unwanted in there.)
a)
situational irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
drama
d)
verbal irony
59.
it gives the perspective from which a literary work is told.
a)
point of view
b)
literary lens
c)
background 
d)
author
60.
The narrator is someone outside the action, rather than a character.
a)
first person point of view
b)
second person point of view
c)
third person point of view
d)
third person onmniscient
61.
My love is like a red, red rose.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
62.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
63.
Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
64.
In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.
a)
Allusion & Imagery
b)
Simile & Metaphor
c)
Foreshadowing & Irony
d)
Personification & Mood
65.
In Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.

a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
66.
Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Metaphor
67.
Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personifcation
d)
Foreshadowing
68.
When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide.  I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Personfication
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
69.
The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
a)
Allusion
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
70.
An over-exaggeration. For example: I was standing in line forever.
a)
personification
b)
cliche
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
71.
Fred ate five French fries on Friday.
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
hyperbole
d)
cliche
72.
POW!
Bang!
Buzzzzzz....
a)
alliteration
b)
personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
assonance
73.
The stars on the U.S. flag are an example of...
a)
Symbolism
b)
Repetition
c)
Alliteration
d)
Satire
74.
"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
foreshadowing
c)
personification
d)
symbolism
75.
What is an example of oxymoron below?
a)
Shining like a diamond
b)
Bob is a
c)
Zombie
d)
Jumbo shrimp

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