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Literary Devices

Quiz by Denise Grandits

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  • Q1
    What is it called when an author repeats CONSONANT sounds at the beginning of words?
    Simile
    Assonance
    Onomatopoeia
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q2
    What is it called when an author repeats VOWEL SOUNDS in words (either at the beginning or anywhere in the word)?
    Imagery
    Alliteration
    Personification
    Assonance
    30s
  • Q3
    What do we call the PERSPECTIVE or ANGLE we are told the story from in literature?
    Point of View
    Metaphor
    Omniscient
    Symbolism
    30s
  • Q4
    What point of view is this considered: "It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    First Person
    Third Person Omniscient
    Third Person
    Second Person
    30s
  • Q5
    When a narrator tells you the story but he/she is not actually in the story, it is considered....
    Nonfiction
    3rd person point of view
    1st person point of view
    2nd person point of view
    30s
  • Q6
    This is an example of what literary device: "As flat as a pancake"
    Simile
    Mood
    Metaphor
    Symbolism
    30s
  • Q7
    Making a comparison not using the words "like" or "as"...
    Metaphor
    Imagery
    Personification
    Simile
    30s
  • Q8
    "The wind whistled through the dancing trees" is an example of
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    Personification
    Symbolism
    30s
  • Q9
    My backpack weighed a ton with all of my homework stuffed into it! This is an example of
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    Juxtaposition
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q10
    Placing two extreme opposite ideas right next to each other for the purpose of MAGNIFYING the meaning is:
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Juxtaposition
    Personification
    30s
  • Q11
    Bang! Swoosh! Pop! These are examples of
    Hyperbole
    Onomatopoeia
    Imagery
    Symbolism
    30s
  • Q12
    Something we can see/touch that represents an abstract idea (like the flag, a heart, the Statue of Liberty)
    Metaphor
    Imagery
    Personification
    Symbolism
    30s
  • Q13
    When any of our 5 senses are "awakened" (seeing, smelling, hearing, tasting, feeling)....
    Metaphor
    Juxtaposition
    Imagery
    Personification
    30s
  • Q14
    The way a reader is meant to feel while reading...this can change throughout a story/novel
    Mood
    1st person point of view
    Hyperbole
    Tone
    30s
  • Q15
    An author's attitude toward a subject matter...this usually doesn't change throughout a story
    Tone
    Mood
    Omniscient Point of View
    1st person point of view
    30s

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