Statistics for Literary Devices Recognition Quiz

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Hint	Literary Devices/Terms	% Correct
Repetition of the initial sounds of words	Alliteration	91%
The adversary of the hero or protagonist	Antagonist	71%
Making a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like, as, or than.	Metaphor	60%
Figure of speech - cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom	Onomatopoeia	56%
An interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached	Flashback	54%
A long poem that narrates the victories and adventures of a hero.	Epic	47%
A short poem with a song-like quality, or designed to be set to music.	Lyric	23%
Genre of fiction that relies on narrative and possesses a considerable length, an expected complexity	Novel	22%
Lyrical poem, often sung, focuses on the glorification of a single subject.	Ode	22%
Verse written in iambic pentameter without rhyme.	Blank Verse	16%
A work depicting an idealized vision of the rural life of shepherds.	Pastoral	14%
A word that's tacked onto a sentence in order to add strong emotion.	Interjection	12%
An eight line stanza of poetry	Octet	12%
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of clauses or sentences	Epistrophe	9%
An interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story.	Prolepsis	2%