Literary Devices Quiz

What is an extreme exaggeration to prove a point called?

• Sarcasm

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which literary device involves a remark made mockingly or ironically to show some foolishness?

• Paradox

• Simile

• Sarcasm

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is it called when what happens is the opposite of what we expect?

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which literary device involves knowing something that the characters in the story do not?

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Ethos

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is it called when we mean the opposite of what we say?

• Verbal Irony

• Pathos

• Logos

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is a comparison using "like" or "as" called?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a comparison where one thing is spoken of as if it is another, without using "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is it called when a non-living object is given human qualities?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• A word that sounds like what it is

• A type of symbolism

• A rhetorical question

• A form of imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device draws on the five senses?

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Pun

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5