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Literary Devices and Structures Quiz

#1

What literary device is used to create a contrast between two things by placing them next to each other?

Juxtaposition
Explanation

Contrasting elements placed together for comparison.

#2

What literary device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

Hyperbole
Explanation

Exaggeration for emphasis.

#3

What literary device involves the use of words to convey a meaning opposite to their literal interpretation?

Irony
Explanation

Contrary to literal meaning.

#4

Which literary device involves the use of words that imitate the natural sounds they describe?

Onomatopoeia
Explanation

Words imitating natural sounds.

#5

What literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

Anaphora
Explanation

Repeating word or phrase at the start.

#6

In literature, what is the term for the use of hints or clues that suggest what will happen later in the story?

Foreshadowing
Explanation

Clues indicating future events.

#7

Which literary structure involves a story within a story, where a character tells another character a tale?

Frame Narrative
Explanation

Narrative within another narrative.

#8

In poetry, what is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words?

Assonance
Explanation

Repeating vowel sounds closely.

#9

Which literary structure involves a narrative that unfolds through a character's thoughts and feelings?

Stream of Consciousness
Explanation

Narrative following character's thoughts.

#10

In literature, what is the term for the emotional atmosphere created by a work?

Mood
Explanation

Emotional atmosphere.

#11

Which literary structure involves a series of letters as the narrative form?

Epistolary
Explanation

Narrative through letters.

#12

Identify the literary device where a part represents the whole or the whole represents a part.

Synecdoche
Explanation

Using part to represent the whole.

#13

Which term refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity?

Alliteration
Explanation

Repeating consonant sounds at the start.

#14

What is the term for the use of words that imitate the sound they describe, such as 'buzz' or 'hiss'?

Onomatopoeia
Explanation

Words imitating sounds.

#15

Identify the literary device where contradictory terms are combined for emphasis or to create a paradoxical effect.

Oxymoron
Explanation

Contradictory terms for effect.

#16

What term is used for the repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words?

Assonance
Explanation

Repeating vowel sounds nearby.

#17

Identify the literary device where non-human entities are given human characteristics.

Personification
Explanation

Attributing human traits to non-humans.

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