This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which poetic device is NOT being used in the following sentence? Bobby broke a bottle-BAM; the beetles bellowed and bolted. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Connotation. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 2. This is the feeling created for the reader in a literary work A) Simile. B) Soliloquy. C) Hyperbole. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 3. A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature. A) Motif. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allegory. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 4. Which literary device is shown here?658 sternere consuerant, sed et haec vilisque vetusque A) Zeugma. B) Twenty days. C) Unrelated. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-connectors. 5. It is a single row of words in a poem. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Meter. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line. 6. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence:'She likes to swim, hike, and bike.' A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multi-connectors. 7. What is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 8. Detailed descriptions that appeal to the senses to help you see or feel the scene A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Setting. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 9. Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts. A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 10. This device is a description that appeals to the senses (sight, smell, touch, etc.): A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. When the reader knows something the characters do not A) Dramatic irony. B) Play/drama. C) Point of view. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 12. Personification is not a type of figurative language A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. "Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower." (from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby) A) That she is hesitant to be touched. B) That she is used to being kissed and is not longer excited by the act. C) That she turns into a plant when kissed by a man. D) That being kissed (at least by this man) is a thrilling experience for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That being kissed (at least by this man) is a thrilling experience for her. 14. This is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. A) Ballad. B) Poem. C) Story. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 15. The use of words that mimic the sounds they represent. A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. Which word means "very surprised?" A) Astonished. B) Clamor. C) Grimaced. D) Deliberately. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astonished. 17. A comparison between two unlike things with a similar background; Shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel. A) Simile. B) Analogy. C) Allegory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 18. Narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character A) 3rd limited. B) 3rd omniscient. C) 1st person. D) 2nd person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd limited. 19. What is a polite, indirect expression used to replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant? A) Idiom. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 20. Which of these is an example of irony? A) The science teacher likes worms. B) An English teacher has poor grammar. C) A math teacher loves multiplication. D) A social studies teacher has lots of historical knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An English teacher has poor grammar. ← 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