This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 167 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 167 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Words such as "crack", "splat", and "buzz" are examples of what? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 2. " ..... the men ..... flung themselves on the spit and tore into the goat meat, smearing their hands and faces with sizzling fat ..... "(5) A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work A) Literary Device. B) Metaphor. C) Motif. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 4. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The world is a stage.'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. What is soliloquy? A) Rhyme scheme pattern. B) Character is speaking aloud for a length of their thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character is speaking aloud for a length of their thoughts. 6. Asserts a correlation or resemblance between two things that are otherwise unrelated. A) Metaphor. B) Inference. C) Imagery. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. Jack and Dad walk from their house to the front gates and pay admission. The first thing they see as they enter is the house of mirrors. Cautiously, they make their way through its winding halls full of different types of mirrors. The twisted and stretched images in the mirrors make Jack laugh at his appearance. Jack and Dad agree this is a fun way to end the day! Which describes the setting of the paragraph? A) At the carnival near Jack's house in the evening. B) Before a picnic in a park in another small town. C) During a museum visit on a busy family vacation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the carnival near Jack's house in the evening. 8. The dense fog enveloped the forest, obscuring the path ahead and creating an eerie atmosphere. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual imagery. 9. When the reader knows more about the situation than a character in the story does A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 10. Which is an example of an THEME? A) Brian vs. tornadoLittle Red Riding Hood vs. WolfKatniss vs. the Capitol. B) Don't judge a book by it's cover.Anything to survive. C) The wolf to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. D) Brian's decision of whether or not to tell his parents what he knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't judge a book by it's cover.Anything to survive. 11. I loved my bestfriend yesterday, I love my bestfriend today and I love my bestfriend forever. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 12. Definition:describes using 5 senses; helps you see a picture in your mind A) Imagery. B) Idiom. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of clauses or sentences. A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Anachronism. E) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Anaphora. 14. An object that represents something else, esp. an abstract idea A) Symbol. B) Simile. C) Diction. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 15. The distinctive way a writer uses language, such as diction, syntax, and imagery A) Symbol. B) Style. C) Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Style. 16. This type of narrator does NOT know everything, such as how other characters aside from the main character (or main few characters) think or feel: A) Omniscient. B) Third person. C) Limited. D) Second person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limited. 17. I have a million errands to run A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. How does setting impact a story? A) It adds to the mood or feeling of a story. B) It helps us understand where the story took place. C) It helps us understand the characters and their actions. D) It helps us understand why things are a certain way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It adds to the mood or feeling of a story. 19. "It's like a fire ..... in the stove." A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Internal-Rhyme A) Rhymes within a poem. B) Rhymes within a stanza. C) Rhymes within a line or within internal phrases between lines. D) Rhymes between 3 or more words within the same same verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhymes within a line or within internal phrases between lines. ← 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