Literary Devices Quiz
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What is a simile?

  • Comparison between 2 things using like or as. (correct)
  • Comparison between 2 things using like or as.
  • Comparison between 2, unlike things without like or as.
  • An exaggeration

    • What is a metaphor?

  • Comparison between 2, unlike things without like or as.
  • Comparison between 2, unlike things but without using 'like' or 'as'. (correct)
  • An exaggeration
  • Comparison between 2 things using like or as.

    • What is a hyperbole?

  • An exaggeration (correct)
  • Comparison between 2 things using like or as.
  • Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object.
  • Comparison between 2, unlike things without like or as.

    • What is personification?

    <p>Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an analogy?

    <p>Comparison of 2 Unlike things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an oxymoron?

    <p>The pairing of 2 words with opposite meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an allusion?

    <p>Reference to something outside the text</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an understatement?

    <p>Ironic statement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is metonymy?

    <p>A way of replacing an object with something related to it instead of stating what it is.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is synecdoche?

    <p>When a phrase is meant to represent the whole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is symbolism?

    <p>The meaning of something and what it represents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an euphemism?

    <p>Used to replace unpleasant words such as death vs passed away.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is alliteration?

    <p>Repetition of initial consonant sounds in 2 or more nearby words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is consonance?

    <p>Repetitive consonant sounds in a sequence of words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is rhyme?

    <p>Words that sound the same</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is slant rhyme?

    <p>When words share similar sound endings at the end of a line</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is internal rhyme?

    <p>Rhyme within a line</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is onomatopoeia?

    <p>Sound words</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is euphony?

    <p>Pleasing combination of words that sound pleasant together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is flashback?

    <p>Telling events from the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is foreshadowing?

    <p>Giving clues to what will happen in the future</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is point of view?

    <p>Who is telling the story</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Rhetorical/Literary Devices

    • Simile: Comparison between two things using "like" or "as".
    • Metaphor: Comparison between two unlike things without "like" or "as".
    • Hyperbole: Exaggeration
    • Personification: Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object.
    • Analogy: Comparison between two unlike things.
    • Oxymoron: Pairing of two words with opposite meanings (e.g., hot/cold).
    • Allusion: Reference to something outside the text.
    • Understatement: Ironically making a situation seem less important than it is.
    • Idiom: Widely used expressions that don't match their literal meaning (e.g., "it's raining cats and dogs").
    • Metonymy: Replacing an object with something related to it instead of stating the object directly (e.g., using "pen" to mean writing).
    • Synecdoche: Using a part to represent a whole.
    • Symbolism: The multiple meanings or representations of something.
    • Allegory: When multiple aspects of a work represent or symbolize larger ideas.
    • Euphemism: Replacing an unpleasant word with a more pleasant one (e.g., "passed away" instead of "died").

    Sound Devices

    • Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds (e.g., "Peter Piper picked").
    • Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
    • Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds.
    • Rhyme: Words that sound the same.
    • Slant Rhyme: Words that share similar but not identical sounds.
    • End Rhyme: Rhymes at the end of lines.
    • Internal Rhyme: Rhymes within a line.
    • Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds (e.g., "boom," "clack").
    • Euphony: Pleasing combinations of words.
    • Cacophony: Harsh or unharmonious sounds.

    Structure

    • Flashback: Telling events from the past.
    • Foreshadowing: Giving clues about future events.
    • Point of View: The perspective from which a story is told (e.g., first person, "I").

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