Literary Devices Quiz

Which literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• Personification

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the literary device that uses vivid descriptions to appeal to the senses?

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Imagery

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Bitter sweet is an example of the literary technique _____________.

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which literary device places two contrasting elements side by side to highlight their differences?

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Identify the literary technique used in the sentence 'Like a glowing sunflower, she smiled at me.'

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

'I have told you a million times to clean your room.' Spot the literary technique.

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the literary device that involves a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens?

• Irony

• Juxtaposition

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device involves a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work?

• Allusion

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What literary device involves an implied comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4