This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 146 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 146 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A repeated idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work A) Theme. B) Archetype. C) Symbol. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 2. Presentation of an event or situation that occurred in the past to help explain something in the present A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 3. Which of the following is an example of a paradox? A) The Sun Also Rises. B) Noisy Silence. C) To be or not to be. D) You must be cruel to be kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You must be cruel to be kind. 4. Identify the noun. My sweater is unraveling. A) My. B) Sweater. C) Is. D) Unraveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweater. 5. To some degree, the characters' names in ANIMAL FARM are ..... A) Allegorical. B) Historically accurate. C) Symbolic. D) Fact-based. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic. 6. The sentence, "my legs feel like they weigh a million pounds!" is an example of: A) Verbal irony. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 7. "Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys as Shannon began practicing her concerto." A) Imagery using sound. B) Imagery using touch. C) Example of metaphor. D) Example of hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery using sound. 8. Marty's beard was whiter than Santa's. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 9. The most intense, exciting, or important point of the story is called: A) Narration. B) Climax. C) Rising Action. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 10. A red rose, or the color red, stands for love or romance. Black represents evil or death. A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 11. "The door of the cave was a massive slab of stone" (4). A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 12. "This will take forever!" What literary device can you spot here? A) Hyperbole. B) Epithet. C) Apophasis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. What literary device is being used?The storm attacked the ship. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. Who wrote "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" ? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) William Shakespeare. C) Where is he?. D) Walt Whitman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 15. Which literary device refers to lines which end on a period or on a natural break in the sentence? A) End-stopped lines. B) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End-stopped lines. 16. I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 17. Central idea or insight about human life revealed through a literary work A) Moral. B) Theme. C) Symbol. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 18. What is an example of imagery? A) The sun smiled at me today. B) The bird is colorful. C) The roses were a bright crimson red. D) The cat ran through the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The roses were a bright crimson red. 19. In a dialogue, speech, or narration in a story, the author decides to use repetition to get their point across to the reader. A) Anaphora. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 20. Determine what literary device is used in the following sentence.The crocodile's teeth were daggers, ready to chomp down on a meal. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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