English Literary Devices

Question 1

hyperbole

Answer 1

An outrageous or extravagant exaggeration

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A direct comparison of two unlike things

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human characteristics to an object, animal, place, or idea

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

The repetition of the same or similar beginning sounds in words close together

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

The repetition of the same or similar vowel beginning sounds in words that are close together.

Question 7

Consonance

Answer 7

the close repetition of the same consonants or simlars consonant sounds (not at the beginning)

Question 8

rhyme

Answer 8

the repetition of similar sounds at that come at the end of a word.

Question 9

Rhythm

Answer 9

The musical quality created by a pattern of beats or series of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

Descriptive writing that appeals to the five senses

Question 11

Mood

Answer 11

The atmosphere created through words and descriptions

Question 12

Tone

Answer 12

The writer’s attitude towards his or her subject

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

the message or lesson the author wants to tell the reader; Not the main idea

Question 14

Foreshadowing

Answer 14

hints or clues the author gives about what will happen next in the story

Question 15

Allusion

Answer 15

A reference in a story to a person, place or thing in history, mythology, pop culture etc.

Question 16

Onomatopoeia

Answer 16

Use of words that sound like the noise they describe

Question 17

Flashback

Answer 17

A scene or memory from the past with information important to the story.