literary devices

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of initial consonant sounds within a group of words

Question 2

Onomatopoeia

Answer 2

word that is associated with sound

Question 3

Foreshadowing

Answer 3

a warning or indication of a future event

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

non-literal exaggeration

Question 5

Oxymoron

Answer 5

figure of speech where contradictory terms appear together

Question 6

Flashback

Answer 6

a scene set before the main story that provides important context or backstory

Question 7

Point of View

Answer 7

perspective used to tell the story

Question 8

Euphemism

Answer 8

a polite way of describing something in indirectly

Question 9

Colloquialism

Answer 9

a word or phrase that’s not formal or literary, typically used in ordinary or familiar conversation

Question 10

Anthropomorphism

Answer 10

giving human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human creatures or things

Question 11

Anaphora

Answer 11

rhetorical device where you repeat a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 12

Anachronism

Answer 12

a chronological inconsistency where you juxtapose people, things, or sayings from different time periods

Question 13

Malapropism

Answer 13

mistaken used of a word in place of a similar-sounding one

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

visually descriptive language

Question 15

Dramatic Irony

Answer 15

occurs when an audience understands the context more than the character in a story

Question 16

Verbal Irony

Answer 16

when someone says something but means something else “sarcasm”

Question 17

Juxtaposition

Answer 17

two things seen or placed together with contrasting effect

Question 18

Metaphor

Answer 18

compares two different things

Question 19

Simile

Answer 19

compares two different things using “like” or “as”

Question 20

Metonymy

Answer 20

a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept

Question 21

Synecdoche

Answer 21

a part of something stands in for the whole or vice versa

Question 22

Aphorism

Answer 22

concise statement of a general truth or principal

Question 23

Rhetorical Question

Answer 23

question asked for effect, not an answer

Question 24

Polysyndeton

Answer 24

conjunctions (and, or, but) used repeatedly in quick succession

Question 25

Assonance

Answer 25

repeated vowel sounds throughout a particular word or phrase

Question 26

Chiasmus

Answer 26

rhetorical device where grammatical constructions or concepts are repeated in reverse order

Question 27

Consonance

Answer 27

repeated consonant sounds throughout a particular word or phrase

Question 28

Litotes

Answer 28

understatement to emphasize the point

Question 29

Epigraph

Answer 29

short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme

Question 30

Epistrophe

Answer 30

repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences