This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Human qualities given to animals, objects or ideas A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Representation through language of a sensory experience A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hubris. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 3. A feeling of excitement, curiosity, or expectation about what will happen A) Style. B) Foreshadowing. C) Imagery. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 4. The words the author chooses to use A) Diction. B) Nonfiction. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 5. A humorous line that makes a play on words. A) Satire. B) Parody. C) Pun. D) Joke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 6. "My heart's a stereo" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. Opposing character to the main characterEx. Ben Price A) Antagonist. B) The opposition. C) Protagonist. D) The bad guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 8. "He was free, he was free, he was free ..... " is an example of what? A) Repetition. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 9. Which literary device is a reference to a widely known historical person or story? A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 10. When you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its ..... A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Acronym. D) Homonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 11. Which is NOT a form of conflict? A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. himself. C) Man vs. supernatural. D) All of the above are examples of conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are examples of conflict. 12. Definition of Synecdoche A) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. B) A person without legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. 13. A ..... comes in the form of a question that makes a point instead of seeking an answer. A) Rhetorical question. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 14. The sequence of events in a work of literature. A) Genre. B) Flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 15. What role does the basement play in the story? A) It is where the marionettes are stored and controlled. B) It is where the characters seek freedom and control. C) It is a metaphor for the characters' mundane lives. D) It symbolizes the characters' desire to escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is where the marionettes are stored and controlled. 16. He is the last of the luckless labourers. What literary device has been used? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. What point of view is this written?: "Suddenly a mouse timidly poked its head out of the bathroom door. I jumped up on the couch and squealed in surprise. My sister screamed in fear at my response to the mouse." A) 1st Person. B) 3rd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st Person. 18. THE GARDEN IS THE RAINBOW OF COLORS A) PERSONIFICATION. B) SIMILE. C) METAPHOR. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 19. Which literary device is used to describe a character who is an unexpected hero? A) Anti-hero. B) Analogy. C) Deus ex machina. D) Tragic flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-hero. 20. This is a warning or indication of a future event A) Conflict. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. Next →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books