This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 163 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 163 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Topic of a haiku. A) Silly. B) Tells a Story. C) Nature. D) Anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 2. A phrase that means something completely different from what it sounds. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 3. You scared the devil out of me. I thought I was going to die. A) Flashback. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. This type of figurative language is used when words imitate the actual sound(s) made by the action or event. Examples include "clang" and "whoosh." A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. To warn or indicate an event before it happens (a clue) A) Personification. B) Foreshadowing. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 6. An animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities. A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 7. The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 8. My friend Michelle says that at her school, French fries and pizza are options in the cafeteria every single day of the week (Chen). A) Anecdotal. B) Factual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdotal. 9. When the protagonist has an epiphany. A) Conflict. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 10. A character who changes over the course of the story is a A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Dynamic character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic character. 11. The person telling the story is the ..... A) Jackson. B) Narrator. C) Richard. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrator. 12. Struggle between two opposing forces A) Nonfiction. B) Assonance. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 13. Lightening streaked across the greenish-black sky yet, the air was oddly still. When the warning siren shrieked, the family knew that they should head for the storm cellar. A) Foreshadow. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadow. 14. Two contradictory words put together A) Oxymoron. B) Adage. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 15. Nonfiction piece of writing A) Essay. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Essay. 16. The coward was shaking like a A) Leaf. B) Ant. C) Tiger. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaf. 17. "Stay gold, Ponboy. Stay gold." This is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 18. The occurrence of the same sound in a piece of literature A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. A character who provides a stark contrast to another character to emphasize one of their qualities A) Foil. B) Characterization. C) Internal Conflict. D) 1st person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 20. "This promise between us is a delicate flower" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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