Literary Elements Quiz

An expression that is not meant to be understood literally is a(n)

• personification

• prediction

• idiom

What is it called when a writer gives human qualities to a non human thing?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• dialogue

What do you call it when you write a word the way it sounds?

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• imagery

What do you call the written words that represent what the characters are saying? (surrounded with quotation marks)

• idiom

• dialogue

• personification

What do you call a comparison of two things while using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• symbolism

• simile

What do you call a comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"?

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

• simile

What do you call a symbol or picture that represents something much more important?

• symbolism

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

What do you call it when the words in a story clearly paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• imagery

What do you call the clues given by the author about events that'll happen later in the story?

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• personification

What do you call it when something turns out opposite of how you thought it would turn out?

• personification

• symbolism

• irony