Literary Devices Quiz

What is an example of repetition?

• We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence

• Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before

• Laughter is the music of the soul

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

Which example best illustrates alliteration?

• Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile

• Fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction, coming of age, comedy, and poetry are examples

• There was a hiss from the bike tire as it went flat from the puncture

• My cat is nice/My cat likes mice/My cat is fat/I like my cat

What is an example of a genre?

• Fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction, coming of age, comedy, and poetry

• Laughter is the music of the soul

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• My cat is nice/My cat likes mice/My cat is fat/I like my cat

Which example demonstrates assonance?

• Try to light the fire

• Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile

• There was a hiss from the bike tire as it went flat from the puncture

• The movie Titanic was set in 1912 on the Atlantic Ocean

What is an example of a metaphor?

• Laughter is the music of the soul

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• My cat is nice/My cat likes mice/My cat is fat/I like my cat

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

Which example illustrates consonance?

• Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• There was a hiss from the bike tire as it went flat from the puncture

• My cat is nice/My cat likes mice/My cat is fat/I like my cat

What is an example of personification?

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• Laughter is the music of the soul

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

• The movie Titanic was set in 1912 on the Atlantic Ocean

Which example best represents onomatopoeia?

• There was a hiss from the bike tire as it went flat from the puncture

• Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• Laughter is the music of the soul

What is an example of rhyme scheme?

• My cat is nice/My cat likes mice/My cat is fat/I like my cat (AA BB)

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• Laughter is the music of the soul

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

Which example illustrates an idiom?

• It's time to hit the books

• Laughter is the music of the soul

• The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

• There was a hiss from the bike tire as it went flat from the puncture