Literary Terms and Devices Quiz

Literary Terms

• Alliteration: a literary device in which words that start with the same sound are repeated in close proximity to each other.

Literary Devices

• Allusion: a reference to a person, place, event, or work of art that is outside the text itself, but is woven into the fabric of the writing.

Character Roles

• Antagonist: the character in a story who opposes the protagonist, creating conflict and tension.

Biographical Writing

• Autobiography: a true account of a person's life, written by that person themselves.

Poetry

• Blank Verse: poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, with a consistent rhythm and meter.

• Protagonist and Antagonist: the principal character in opposition to the protagonist is called the antagonist.

Comparative Literary Devices

• Analogy: a point-by-point comparison of two like things, usually used to introduce something unfamiliar.

Sound Devices

• Assonance: the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.

Biographical Writing

• Biography: a true account of a person's life, written by someone other than that person.

Poetry Forms

• Free Verse: poetry that does not rhyme but has a consistent meter and rhythm pattern.