Literary Devices Test

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

Her life became a prison

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

The barbarians broke through the barricade

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

I wish I could click my heels together - The Wizard Of Oz

Question 4

Euphemism

Answer 4

He bit the dust instead of he died

Question 5

Foreshadowing

Answer 5

Someone says something bad will happen on a certain day, and then that person is being extra cautious when that day comes

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

My backpack weighs a ton

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

The air smelled salty, reminding me of the beach

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

A cat lover being allergic to cats

Question 9

Juxtaposition

Answer 9

Good and evil, night and day

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

Having a heart of gold, couch potato

Question 11

Simile

Answer 11

As cold as ice, as slow as a sloth

Question 12

Analogy

Answer 12

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get

Question 13

Motif

Answer 13

The phrase “so it goes” is a recurring story element

Question 14

Symbolism

Answer 14

Black representing evil

Question 15

Onomatopoeia

Answer 15

Bang, boom, boing

Question 16

Oxymoron

Answer 16

Almost exactly, awfully good

Question 17

Paradox

Answer 17

Less is more, the beginning of the end

Question 18

Personification

Answer 18

Opportunity knocked on his door, the alarm clock yelled

Question 19

Satire

Answer 19

TV show The Simpsons

Question 20

Synecdoche

Answer 20

The writer never actually straight out says what is happening

Question 21

Metonymy

Answer 21

Calling your car your ride