Literary Devices Definitions

Which literary device is a reference to a widely known historical person or story?

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

Which literary device makes things more alive by giving them human traits?

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

Which literary device compares by putting things side-by-side?

• Anaphora

• Juxtaposition

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which literary device uses repetition only at the beginnings of phrases/sentences?

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which literary device addresses an author's choice of words?

• Diction

• Simile

• Personification

• Juxtaposition

Which literary device deals with the feelings that a specific word creates?

• Diction

• Connotation

• Personification

• Juxtaposition

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration?

• Allusion

• Connotation

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

Which literary device is one idea stretched over more than one line of poetry?

• Allusion

• Enjambment

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

Which literary device is the emotional response that an author tries to make a reader have?

• Allusion

• Enjambment

• Metaphor

• Mood

Which two types of stories are most commonly used for allusions?

• Biblical

• Mythological

• Remarkable

• Movies