This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 186 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 186 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Author's Purpose is the author's reason or desired outcome for writing a text A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Words that sound like what they are meant to depict (i.e. bam, zip, buzz) are called ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Exposition. D) A simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 3. Where the true meaning behind a statement is intentionally quite the opposite of its literal meaning. A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 4. Which is an example of Foreshadowing? A) Before the match started, Anwar remembered how he scored 3 goals last time and won the game for the team. B) The evening was still. Suddenly a cool breeze started blowing and made a windy night. C) When I entered English class, I realised that I forgot my laptop in my locker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The evening was still. Suddenly a cool breeze started blowing and made a windy night. 5. What is the main difference between simile and metaphor? A) Simile uses like or as, while metaphor does not. B) Simile compares similar things, while metaphor compares different things. C) Simile gives human qualities to inanimate objects, while metaphor does not. D) Simile repeats initial consonant sounds, while metaphor does not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile uses like or as, while metaphor does not. 6. What literary device is present below? "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right ..... "-Abraham Lincoln A) Anaphora. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 7. Lazarus's line " Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" is an example of A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 8. VoiceIn the literary sense, voice can be used to refer to the nature of the voice projected in a text by an author (for example, 'authorial voice' in a literary text or 'expert voice' in an exposition). A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author. 9. " ..... A wave picked her up and pinned her against another rock." is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. BONUS QUESTION:"I have butterflies in my stomach." This is an example of a A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Idiom. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 11. According to Friar Laurence (Act 2, scene 6) pleasure is as unreal as a spiderweb. The comparison between pleasure and the spiderweb is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Chorus. C) Symbolism. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic pentameter. 12. Meaning the narrator can see and know everything within the story A) First person POV. B) Third person omniscient POV. C) Third person limited POV. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person omniscient POV. 13. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals. A) Sarcasm. B) Analogy. C) Personification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. The rest of the world was black and white. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. "Into the silent sea" is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Anagram. C) Assonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 16. Person versus Person: A) A problem between characters. B) A problem within a character's own mind. C) A problem between a character and society, school, the law, or some tradition. D) A problem between a character and some element of nature-a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A problem between characters. 17. I'm afraid to tell Dad that I dented the car. He's likely to blow his top when he hears the news. A) H. Idiom. B) A. Simile. C) B. Metaphor. D) C. Hyperbole. E) D. Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H. Idiom. 18. Imagine a scenario where Khansa, Jericho, and Vivian are in a book club discussing various literary techniques. Khansa says, 'Irony is a type of metal used in literature.' Vivian chuckles and says, 'No, Khansa, that's not right!' What is the correct definition of irony in literature that Vivian could tell Khansa? A) A literary technique where the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning. B) A type of metal used in literature. C) A technique where the intended meaning is the same as the literal meaning. D) A form of poetry with a specific rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A literary technique where the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning. 19. Identify the literary device:"The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, its bared skeleton cringing" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. EXAMPLE:The colorful, blooming flowers of spring are nature's grandest artwork. A) Symbolism. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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