This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 173 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 173 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "She is as busy as a bee" is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. Teenagers are younger than adults. A) Fact. B) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 3. While it sat charging across the room, my phone was calling my name A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. Which point of view is it when the narrator speaks directly to YOU? Seems to be a bolder approach. Lots of the pronoun YOU, YOU'RE, and YOU'LL. A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person. 5. A variety of a language distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary A) Dialect. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 6. ..... is the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience. A) Metaphor. B) Tone. C) Pun. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 7. Biography A) An account of a person's life written by that person. B) An account of a person's life written by another person. C) Fictional story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An account of a person's life written by another person. 8. Literal or primary meaning of a word. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Semantics. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 9. A simile uses as or like when comparing A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 10. What do you use to identify the tone of a piece of literature? A) I think about how I feel when I look at something or read something. B) I make something up. C) I look at the actions of the characters. D) I look at the author's word choice and think about why they picked those words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I look at the author's word choice and think about why they picked those words. 11. Which literary device is used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something familiar? A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 12. A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally. A) Pun. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 13. The author's feelings towards the subject or topic is called the ..... A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) None of the these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 14. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The wind whispered secrets in her ear" ? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. Sue was a snob. There were only two other girls in the class who she considered worth talking to. A new student moved to the school and even by the end of the school year Sue still refused to speak with her. A) Sue is a flat character. B) Sue is a round character. C) Sue is a static character. D) Sue is a dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sue is a static character. 16. "Tis paid with sighs a-plentyAnd sold for endless rue"How many literary devices are there in those sentences? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 17. "I felt only a dark dread snaking along the cables" (58). (1 answer) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. This sentence appeals to which sense:The dog's fur was as soft as a feather. A) Touch. B) Taste. C) Sound. D) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Touch. 19. Actions speak louder than words.This is an example of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Idiom. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 20. Which among the following is an example of a PERSONIFICATION? A) Her hair is like a flowing golden river. B) Her hair is a flowing golden river. C) Her hair is so long I wanted to cut all off. D) Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind. ← 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