Literary Devices Quiz

What is the repetition of similar sounds, usually at the beginning of words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is a very short story told to make a point?

• Flashback

• Anecdote

• Satire

• Foreshadowing

Which term refers to a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

What is it called when an author refers to another work of literature, art, or historical event?

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Motif

Which term describes the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words?

• Alliteration

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

Which device gives human qualities to nonhuman objects or ideas?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbol

What is the use of hints or clues to suggest events that will happen later in a story?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Motif

• Satire

What is the repetition of final consonant sounds in close intervals?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

Which device involves an exaggerated statement for effect?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

What is the use of words that imitate the sound they describe, such as "buzz" or "clang"?

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Imagery