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Literary Terms and Figurative Language

A free 15-question quiz on English Language Arts, 9-12. Play it as a fast head-to-head game — no sign-up needed.

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  1. A ____ compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

    • analogy
    • paradox
    • simile
    • metaphor
  2. Giving human qualities to non-human things is called:

    • Hyperbole
    • Metonymy
    • Personification
    • Consonance
  3. Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something a character does not.

    • True
    • False
  4. Tone is the atmosphere the reader feels while reading.

    • True
    • False
  5. The turning point of maximum tension in a plot is the:

    • Rising action
    • Climax
    • Exposition
    • Resolution
  6. ____ uses a part to represent the whole, as in 'more hands.'

    • Synecdoche
    • Metaphor
    • Analogy
    • Metonymy
  7. Which term means deliberate exaggeration for emphasis?

    • Understatement
    • Hyperbole
    • Euphemism
    • Cliché
  8. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds inside nearby words.

    • True
    • False
  9. Tone is the reader's feeling and mood is the writer's attitude.

    • True
    • False
  10. A ____ is a character who changes meaningfully over the story.

    • dynamic character
    • antagonist
    • static character
    • foil
  11. Which point of view knows every character's thoughts?

    • Second person
    • Third person omniscient
    • First person
    • Third person limited
  12. A ____ is a metaphor that continues across several lines or a whole passage.

    • allusion
    • extended metaphor
    • analogy
    • motif
  13. 'The crown announced new taxes' is an example of:

    • metonymy
    • pun
    • synecdoche
    • hyperbole
  14. Consonance repeats consonant sounds inside or at the end of nearby words, not at the beginning.

    • True
    • False
  15. ____ is an indirect reference to another work, event, person, or myth.

    • Allusion
    • Paradox
    • Analogy
    • Symbolism