This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following is an example of which literary device:The candle danced slowly in the dark! A) Homophone. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. My house was hot as 10, 000 suns! A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. Alejandro and Acxel are discussing literature. Alejandro says that symbolism is comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison. Acxel, on the other hand, believes that symbolism is when people, places, or events have meaning in themselves but also stand for something beyond themselves. Who is correct? A) Alejandro's definition of symbolism. B) Acxel's definition of symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acxel's definition of symbolism. 4. Fill in the blank with the best example of alliteration:The art gallery displayed hundreds of ..... and ..... A) Books, pots and pans. B) Pots, pans and cups. C) Precious pictures and paintings. D) Prints, cups and pans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precious pictures and paintings. 5. The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work A) Theme. B) Conceit. C) Anaphora. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 6. Is the following a simile or not?Roman is as strong as an ox. A) Simile. B) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not A) Irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 8. Which one is the correct example of the Repetition? A) The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light. B) "The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.". C) The president said, "Work, work, and work, " are the keys to success. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The president said, "Work, work, and work, " are the keys to success. 9. "A few blocks away, inside St. Joseph's Church, Gerald Coleman lay surrounded by splintered boards. When he looked up, he could see the sky. The tall roof, shaped like an upside-down V, was gone. The church's arched windows gaped glassless. Unseen by Gerald, his friend Leo-the other alter boy-was trapped beneath a large wooden beam. Gerald scramble through a hole in the wall and ran for home" (61).Blizzard of Glass:The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally Walker New York:Scholastic, 2013 A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 10. Man vs. society can be described as ..... A) A character rebels against society or governing bodies. B) A character removes themself from society. C) A character tries to fight their fate. D) A character faces an unseen or unknown force. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character rebels against society or governing bodies. 11. The scarlet letter worn by the main character in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne A) Situational Irony. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 12. A comparison of two unlike things using the word "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. ..... is used to mock with satirical remarks to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society. A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Sarcasm. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcasm. 14. The feeling or "vibe" an author tries to set/create in a work through certain words or descriptions: A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Foreshadowing. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. Which literary device is used in the following sentence:'The bees buzzed around the flowers'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 16. Select the incorrect use of an apostrophe. A) Jelly beans are Alex's favourite candy!. B) Jelly bean's are Alex's favourite candy!. C) Jelly beans are everyone's favourite candy!. D) The Jones' love to eat jelly beans as a family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jelly bean's are Alex's favourite candy!. 17. Heather is worried that her new hair cut doesn't look very good. A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal. 18. During a school play, Nora said, 'Oliver's smile was as bright as the sun.' Which literary device is being used in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 19. Where the narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you.' A) 1st Person Point of View. B) 2nd Person Point of View. C) 3rd Person Point of View. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd Person Point of View. 20. A character in conflict with the protagonist A) Antagonist. B) Villain. C) Narrator. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books