Challenge Your Knowledge of Literary Devices
Test your grasp of subtle techniques authors use to shape meaning and mood.
Quiz Questions
Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.
- 1
Which device repeats initial consonant sounds across neighboring words?
- 2
In poetry, what is the name for a line of ten syllables following an iambic pattern?
- 3
Attributing human emotions to a non‑human entity exemplifies which figure of speech?
- 4
Leaving a story deliberately unresolved to mirror real‑world ambiguity is called what?
- 5
When a character says one thing but acts contrary to it, which irony is at play?
- 6
A concise, witty statement that conveys a general truth is known as?
- 7
The plot moment where the protagonist learns decisive information that alters the story’s direction is the?
- 8
Using a part to represent the whole, as in referring to a ship as "her," exemplifies which device?
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