Literary Devices Quiz

What is the repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity called?

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Which term refers to a common expression that doesn't make sense if taken literally?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Proverb

• Metaphor

What is an extreme exaggeration called?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Understatement

What is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event called?

• Pun

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Foreshadowing

What is it called when you say one thing but mean another?

• Verbal Irony

• Sarcasm

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

What is a statement that says less than what is meant?

• Understatement

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Denotation

• Connotation

What is what comes to mind (figurative definition)

• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Denotation

• Connotation

What is a comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is it called when the reader knows something the character does not?

• Foreshadowing

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony