Quiz on Literary Devices

Connotation is

• a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning

• a word that means more than one thing

• the dictionary meaning

• a word used to describe conflict within a text

The dictionary meaning of a word

• metaphor

• connotation

• denotation

• convention

A form of language that writers use to convey something other than the literal meaning of their words

• hyperbole

• figurative language

• flashback

• denotation

Hyperbole is an example of

• denotation

• fiction

• dialogue

• figurative language

Hyperbole is an

• metaphor used to convince

• a figure of speech involving extreme exaggeration

• simile without using like or as

• none of the above

What is imagery?

• A sense of feeling or expression within a work of fiction

• Comparative aspects of language, particularly in a literary work

• The use of images to represent a sense of impression

If literal language is a form of language in which the writer means exactly what they their words words denote, what type of figurative language is it

• connotation

• denotation

• metaphor

• simile

A comparison between essentially unlike things without using like or as

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

The words like and as are

• words that suggest extreme exaggeration

• words used in a metaphor

• words that mean the oppposite

• comparative words

Your love is cancer, death personified is an example of

• simile

• octave

• personification

• metaphor