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Literary devices

Quiz by Justine Dunlap

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12 questions
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  • Q1
    Which literary device is used when the writer gives human traits to an animal, object, or idea?
    personification
    alliteration
    simile
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q2
    What literary device is used to create a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
    irony
    hyperbole
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q3
    Which literary device is defined as the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words?
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
    personification
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q4
    What literary device is used to imply a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words?
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    personification
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q5
    Which literary device is used to create a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?
    onomatopoeia
    simile
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    30s
  • Q6
    What literary device involves giving human characteristics to an inanimate object?
    simile
    alliteration
    metaphor
    personification
    30s
  • Q7
    Which literary device exaggerates or overemphasizes for emphasis or effect?
    hyperbole
    alliteration
    onomatopoeia
    irony
    30s
  • Q8
    What part of a story is the high point of tension or drama?
    Climax
    Resolution
    Exposition
    Conflict
    30s
  • Q9
    Which part of a story comes after the climax and leads to the resolution?
    Rising Action
    Exposition
    Falling Action
    Resolution
    30s
  • Q10
    What part of a story reveals the final outcome or solution to the conflict?
    Resolution
    Climax
    Falling Action
    Exposition
    30s
  • Q11
    Which part of a story is the main problem that drives the plot?
    Exposition
    Conflict
    Rising Action
    Climax
    30s
  • Q12
    What part of a story includes events leading up to the climax?
    Conflict
    Rising Action
    Exposition
    Falling Action
    30s

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