Literary Device Quiz 1 (2017

emotional atmosphere of a text

Language that goes beyond literal meanings to describe something compared to something else.

author’s choice of words

an inserted scene or point that takes the narrative back in time

an extreme exaggeration

a comparison using the words like or as

a way of indicating or hinting what is to come later in the story

a comparison of two different things

Skills and techniques authors use to tell a story or create a piece of writing

word, an image, or anything that somehow represents a larger idea

a universal truth; the underlying meaning of a text

What literary device is in the following image?

Putting two different things next to each other to compare them.

What literary device is, "you are my rock?"

a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes

What literary device is in the following image?

the perspective of the narrator or speaker

author’s attitude toward the subject or audience

A future event is inserted in a narrative

Skills and techniques authors use to tell a story or create a piece of writing

What literary device is in the following image?

a contrast between expectation and reality

sensory language appealing to one or more of the five senses

a reference to history, literature, a famous person, pop culture, mythology, etc.