This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 149 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 149 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do the five servants in "The Prince and the She-Devils" symbolize? A) The noble truths of Buddhism. B) The five senses. C) The elements. D) The different kinds of devils in the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The five senses. 2. Peace and Freedom in "The Watchers" are an example of ..... A) Consonance. B) Analogy. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. The lights are on, but nobody is home. A) Malapropism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 4. A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other. A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Symbol. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 5. Example: "There is darkness and light within all of us." A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Juxtaposition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 6. The preface or introduction to a literary work A) Epilogue. B) Prologue. C) Table of contents. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prologue. 7. "This is the best burger in this town, even in the whole country" What literary device can you spot here? A) Metanoia. B) Litotes. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metanoia. 8. When a writer gives human characteristics to non-human things, such as animals, objects, or ideas, what is this technique called? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 9. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Sophia's laughter was as melodious as a song.' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. Which literary device refers to the underlying message or main idea of a literary work? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Character. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 11. The rough bark of the tree scratched his skin as he climbed higher and higher. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tactile imagery. 12. Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations. A) Literary Techniques. B) Imagery. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Techniques. 13. Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved. A) Simile. B) Anaphora. C) Imagery. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 14. Feeling or atmosphere that a write creates for the reader. Ex. "The heavy black clouds became thick over the city and we all felt a sense of dread." A) Mood. B) Antagonist. C) Character. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 15. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.' A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. Nonfiction A) Writing based on true events; real. B) A book or story of someone's life written by that person. C) A book or story written about one person's life written by someone else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing based on true events; real. 17. Represents savagery and anarchy A) Simon. B) Ralph. C) Jack. D) Piggy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack. 18. Being able to identify the central idea of a text shows ..... A) That you can cite evidence from the text. B) That you know how to write. C) That you understand the text. D) That you like what you are reading. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That you understand the text. 19. The wind howled in the night A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. A theme is a A) Central idea or ideas of a work of fiction or nonfiction. B) A contrast, something unexpected or contradictory. C) When something is implied, not actually stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central idea or ideas of a work of fiction or nonfiction. ← 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