This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Imagery is Language used to create ..... in the mind of the reader. A) Movie. B) Smell. C) Image. D) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Image. 2. "Polyphemus heard the ..... groaning of the oarlocks ..... (12). A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words A) Consonance. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 4. She sells sea shells on the sea shore A) Assonance. B) Sibilance. C) Rule of three. D) Sassiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sibilance. 5. Imagery which appeals to the sense of touch A) Auditory. B) Tactile. C) Visual. D) Olfactory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tactile. 6. A story told using the pronoun "I" in which the speaker DOES NOT know everything is called A) First person omniscient. B) Third person omniscient. C) Third person limited. D) First person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First person limited. 7. This literary device uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. A combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning. A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 9. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader is ..... A) Theme. B) Drake's "In My Feelings". C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 10. Which quote best reveals hyperbole? A) "There is only one thing worse than being served a terrible meal:being served a terrible meal by earnest waiters who have no idea just how awful the things they are doing to you are.". B) "There's a little gilt here and there, to remind us that this is a room designed for people for whom guilt is unfamiliar.". C) "Menus the height of Richard Osman are brought.". D) "It makes us yearn for a bowl of French onion soup.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Menus the height of Richard Osman are brought.". 11. Traveling from New York to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather but finding below-freezing temperatures once you arrived in Florida would be an example of: A) Good luck. B) Dramatic irony. C) Motion sickness. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational irony. 12. "I wandered lonely as a cloud"What literary device is used in this sentence? A) Symbol. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. Which of these examples is NOT an example of personification? A) The sun smiled down on us. B) The story jumped off the page. C) The ocean was calling his name. D) Money is the root of all evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Money is the root of all evil. 14. Vignettes need to be long to tell the story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. "The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken, surely not one he had ever heard before." is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Harry hurried home to watch football on TV. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Allusion. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. This type of text structure uses signal words like "first, " "after, " and "finally." A) Cause & effect. B) Sequence. C) Problem & solution. D) Compare & contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sequence. 18. A literary device designed to illustrate or reveal information, traits values, or motivations of one character through the comparison and contrast of another character. A) Foil. B) Euphemsim. C) I don't know. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 19. Which is the most effective sentence about the author, title and story? A) Jay Rayner's review of "Le Cinq, Paris" describes his horrific experience at an expensive restaurant. B) In Jay Raynor's "Le Cinq, Paris", presents a man who is not impressed with his meal at an expensive restaurant. C) "Le Cinq, Paris", written by Jay Rayner, is about a man who orders posh food and is disappointed with the outcome of the meal. D) "Le Cinq, Paris" presents the "nightmare" experience of a restaurant critic in one of Paris's most expensive establishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jay Rayner's review of "Le Cinq, Paris" describes his horrific experience at an expensive restaurant. 20. "The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold ..... " is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 21. Figurative language involves the use of ..... A) Words that mean exactly what they say they mean. B) Action figures in a text. C) Grammatically expressive language. D) Thinking! The meaning of something that has to be figured out; Not the literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thinking! The meaning of something that has to be figured out; Not the literal meaning. 22. Her finger hungered for a ring.The satin mittens were ancient.You could paddle through the spittle in the bottle.Is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 23. The events story in a story that unfold, revlealing character development and leading to the climax ..... A) Rising Action. B) Introduction. C) Plot. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising Action. 24. What is this?"He was a lonely, withdrawn young man with a blond moustache." A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 25. What do we call a concise universal truth that is widely accepted? i.e. "To err is human, to forgive is divine."-Alexander Pope A) Symbol. B) Aphorism. C) Personification. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 26. The garbage can coughed up a bunch of candy wrappers, " is an example of ..... A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 27. What are the three elements of plot? (a) A) Introduction, Body, Conclusion. B) A Beginning, Middle, End. C) Character, meeting, statistics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Beginning, Middle, End. 28. Describing someone who says foolish things as a "genius" is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. 29. What is the most important idea in a story? A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 30. Identify the literary device:"In the last instant, under the fire avalanche" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 31. It is the point at which the conflict of the story begins to reach a turning point and begins to be resolved. A) Characters. B) Characterisation. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 32. Very high spirits; joyous pride, exultant gladness. A) Elation. B) Barbarian. C) Roust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elation. 33. Focusing on the lesser. A) Absolute. B) Understatement. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 34. What is true about thematic statements? A) There is only one theme per story. B) It is the same as the moral of the story. C) It is the same as a subject. D) It is the idea the author wishes to convey abut a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is the idea the author wishes to convey abut a subject. 35. "The snow was a white blanket across the landscape" is an example of ..... A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 36. The use of clues or hints to suggest something is going to happen in the future is called ..... A) Foreshadow. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadow. 37. The start of the story; includes setting and main characters A) Exposition. B) Falling Action. C) Climax. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 38. Foreshadowing is used by the author to ..... A) Jump back in time. B) Jump forward in time. C) End the story. D) Build suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Build suspense. 39. Which is the most effective example of a hook? A) Restaurants are one of the most common establishments around the world. B) A restaurant is a place where customers pay money for quality food. C) There is nothing better than a home cooked meal, but once in awhile, it is nice to go out and have someone else do the hard labour. D) Most people don't like going to restaurants because food there is a ripoff and it's much better to buy food at the grocery store and make it yourself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is nothing better than a home cooked meal, but once in awhile, it is nice to go out and have someone else do the hard labour. 40. Which is NOT an example of imagery? A) "The tiny red ant climbed up the broken twig". B) "The car squeaked everytime I hit a bump". C) "I never saw anything like it". D) "The sweet smell of freshly baked pie filled the air". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "I never saw anything like it". 41. The Blue Jay is jumping on the tree singing and dancing happily. What is the blue jay's tone while singing? A) Dreamy. B) Confused. C) Joyful. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyful. 42. "The test was a nightmare" is a ..... A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 43. People in the story who carry out the action A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 44. A story in which people, things, and actionsrepresent an idea or generalization about life;they often have a strong moral or lesson A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 45. Which one of these is an example of an allegory? A) The Lorax. B) Two Kinds. C) Mom & Me & Mom. D) The Watsons go to Birmingham. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lorax. 46. "the train stamps onward, " A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 47. Which are NOT one of the three types of irony? A) Dramatic (the audience knows something the character[s] doesn't). B) Situational (the opposite of what is expected is what happens). C) Insincere (what is said is a lie). D) Verbal (sarcasm). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insincere (what is said is a lie). 48. What element is NOT needed when writing your evidence? A) Direct quote. B) Citation. C) Exclamation point. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exclamation point. 49. A wise saying is also known as a A) Plural. B) Proverb. C) Problem. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proverb. 50. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 51. A fact or idea stated directly. A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal Language. 52. A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work. A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Characterization. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 53. A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War. What would be the author's purpose in the above statement? A) Convince. B) Urge. C) Entertain. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tell. 54. Identify the literary device in the phrase:'Time flies.' A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 55. Usually the shortest part of the story; follows the climax in which the pieces of the story begin to settle A) Resolution. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling action. 56. Kathy loves to capture bugs when she is outside. What word could you change bug to, and make more alliteration in the sentence? A) Butterflies. B) Lighting bugs. C) Dogs. D) Caterpillars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caterpillars. 57. Words and phrases used by the author to create "mental images" for the reader. A) Setting. B) Imagery. C) Plot. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 58. What does STEAL stand for? A) Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks. B) Statements, Time, Effort, Actions, and Love. C) Solitude, Thoughts, Enthusiasm, Actions, and Loss. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks. 59. Metaphors and similes compare two things, but a simile uses ..... A) Like. B) As. C) Both like or as. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both like or as. 60. Jason is a walking dictionary. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. 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