Literary Devices

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Question 2

anecdote

Answer 2

A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event

Question 3

character

Answer 3

A person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

Question 4

climax

Answer 4

The high point of interest or suspense

Question 5

dialect

Answer 5

A form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

Question 6

dialogue

Answer 6

A conversation between characters

Question 7

foreshadowing

Answer 7

Clues in a literary work which suggest events that have yet to occur

Question 8

genre

Answer 8

A category or type of literature

Question 9

imagery

Answer 9

Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures for the reader

Question 10

irony

Answer 10

A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule

Question 11

metaphor

Answer 11

Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

Question 12

monologue

Answer 12

Speech by one character in a play, story or poem

Question 13

moral

Answer 13

Lesson taught by a literary work

Question 14

motivation

Answer 14

Reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts or behaves in a certain way

Question 15

narration

Answer 15

The action of narrating or recounting something

Question 16

narrative poem

Answer 16

A poem that tells a story

Question 17

narrator

Answer 17

One who tells or is assumed to be telling the story in a narrative

Question 18

onomatopoeia

Answer 18

The use of words that imitate sounds

Question 19

personification

Answer 19

Type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics

Question 20

plot

Answer 20

Sequence of events in a literary work

Question 21

sensory language

Answer 21

Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses

Question 22

simile

Answer 22

A figure of speech in which ‘like’ or ‘as’ is used to make a comparison between two ideas

Question 23

soliloquy

Answer 23

A speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Question 24

stanza

Answer 24

Formal division of lines in a poem

Question 25

symbol

Answer 25

Anything that stands for or represents something else