Literary Devices Quiz

What is the definition of alliteration?

• The use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of assonance?

• The use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

What is the definition of consonance?

• The use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

• The use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

What is the definition of metaphor?

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• The formation or use of words that imitate sounds

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of oxymoron?

• The combination of contradictory terms

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of personification?

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• Giving non-human objects human qualities

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of pun?

• A play on words with multiple meanings

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words

• The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4