Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
Terms in Practice 1
Terms in Practice 2
100

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

A comparison without using like or as

What is a metaphor?

100

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

What is hyperbole?

100

"She is as vicious as a lion" is an example of this literary device.

What is a simile?

100

"What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" is an example of this literary device.

What is a metaphor?

200

When human qualities are given to an object or abstract idea

What is personification?

200

Hints given by an author about events that are to come later in the story

What is foreshadowing?

200

Language that appeals to the five senses

What is imagery?

200

"I’m so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this literary device.

What is hyperbole?

200

"The wind moaned, beckoning me to come outside" is an example of this literary device.

What is personification?

300

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

What is alliteration?

300

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

What is repetition?

300

A contradiction between what is expected and what actually is

What is irony?

300

In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo commits suicide in order to be with Juliet; however, the audience (unlike poor Romeo) knows that Juliet is not actually dead—just asleep. This is an example of this literary device.

What is dramatic irony?

300

"When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host of golden Daffodils; / Beside the Lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze" is an example of this literary device.

What is imagery?

400

When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

What is dramatic irony?

400

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity.

What is assonance?

400

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

What is tone?

400

"Stop acting so smart—it’s not like you’re Einstein or something" is an example of this literary device.

What is allusion?

400

"And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside" is an example of this literary device.

What is repetition?

500

a cultural reference to an outside literary work, historical event, etc.

What is an allusion?

500

Episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections

What is comic relief?

500

A central idea in a piece of writing or other work of art

What is theme?

500

“Careful, now. You don’t want to go opening Pandora’s Box" is an example of this literary device.

What is an allusion?

500

"I lie down by the side of my bride" is an example of this literary device.

What is assonance?

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