Literary Devices

What is the author's attitude towards the subject called?

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Style

What is the overall feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates for the reader?

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood

• Style

What is a literary device that involves a contradiction between what is said and what is meant?

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Simile

• Alliteration

What is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Analogy

• Personification

What is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Imagery

What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

What is the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

What is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

• Allusion

• Illusion

• Delusion

• Conclusion