LITERARY DEVICES ACTUAL
EXAM 2025-2026 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
alliteration - ANSWER --the repetition of the first sound in words
Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
Better butter makes a batter better.
Simile - ANSWER --Compares two unlike things using the words 'like', or 'as'. For example,
the dog smells like dirty socks.
Metaphor - ANSWER --Compares two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'.
In the image, life is being compared to a pathway that meanders. Life is not a straightforward
path.
Alliteration - ANSWER --The repetition of a consonant. It helps create effect, tone and
mood within a text.
Personification - ANSWER --An object, idea or animal is given human attributes. In the
movie 'Cars' the vehicles are designed with human characteristics.
Protagonist - ANSWER --The central or leading character in a story. Harry Potter would be
the leading character in the Harry Potter series.
, foreshadowing - ANSWER --the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in
a plot
tone - ANSWER --the author's attitude toward the subject
mood - ANSWER --atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
plot - ANSWER --the sequence of events in a story
setting - ANSWER --where and when the story takes place
satire - ANSWER --writing which ridicules society, a group, a social institution, etc., in
order to reveal a weakness, A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or
institutions in an attemmpt to bring about a change.
imagery - ANSWER --a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or
more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell
alliteration - ANSWER --repetition of initial consonant sounds
hyperbole - ANSWER --an extreme exaggeration
simile - ANSWER --comparison using "like" or "as"
metaphor - ANSWER --A figure of speech comparing to unlike things without using like or
as
EXAM 2025-2026 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
alliteration - ANSWER --the repetition of the first sound in words
Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
Better butter makes a batter better.
Simile - ANSWER --Compares two unlike things using the words 'like', or 'as'. For example,
the dog smells like dirty socks.
Metaphor - ANSWER --Compares two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'.
In the image, life is being compared to a pathway that meanders. Life is not a straightforward
path.
Alliteration - ANSWER --The repetition of a consonant. It helps create effect, tone and
mood within a text.
Personification - ANSWER --An object, idea or animal is given human attributes. In the
movie 'Cars' the vehicles are designed with human characteristics.
Protagonist - ANSWER --The central or leading character in a story. Harry Potter would be
the leading character in the Harry Potter series.
, foreshadowing - ANSWER --the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in
a plot
tone - ANSWER --the author's attitude toward the subject
mood - ANSWER --atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
plot - ANSWER --the sequence of events in a story
setting - ANSWER --where and when the story takes place
satire - ANSWER --writing which ridicules society, a group, a social institution, etc., in
order to reveal a weakness, A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or
institutions in an attemmpt to bring about a change.
imagery - ANSWER --a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or
more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell
alliteration - ANSWER --repetition of initial consonant sounds
hyperbole - ANSWER --an extreme exaggeration
simile - ANSWER --comparison using "like" or "as"
metaphor - ANSWER --A figure of speech comparing to unlike things without using like or
as
