Literary Device Quiz 1

“Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –

The Carriage held but just Ourselves –

And Immortality.”

- “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

• imagery

• personification

• allusion

• metaphor

“Water, water, everywhere,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, everywhere,

Nor any drop to drink.” -Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

• imagery

• satire

• genre

• irony

The style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. In literature, writers choose words to create and convey a typical mood, tone and atmosphere to their readers.

• colloquial

• diction

• metaphor

• repetition

The use of an object, person, place, or action as having both a meaning in itself and standing as a representation for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value.

• satire

• allusion

• personification

• symbol

Is there an Einstein in your physics class?

• allegory

• allusion

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Bob bent backwards to bounce a ball.....this is an example of

• alliteration

• imagery

• allusion

• idiom

The phrase "He's running faster than the wind" is an example of

• metaphor

• satire

• hyperbole

• personification

A seagull sitting on top of a “no seagulls” sign. The meaning of the sign is that seagulls are not allowed in the area. What is this an example of?

• imagery

• satire

• genre

• irony

Save money by spending it.

• Irony

• Paradox

• Personification

• Anaphora

How old was Myop?

• 8

• 9

• 7

• 10