This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 193 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 193 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "He realized that the lantern was a great flaming eye" (6). A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. What should NOT be in your objective summary? A) The main idea. B) Your opinions. C) The supporting details. D) A concluding sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your opinions. 3. What literary device compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. This house is as clean as a whistle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. The eyes through which the story is told. A) Point of View. B) External Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of View. 6. Irony has ..... kinds. A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 7. When a person intentionally says or writes one thing to mean another. A) Classical Allusion. B) Extended metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony (verbal). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony (verbal). 8. A central message or idea in a literary work A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Conflict. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 9. The distinctive way in which a writer uses language A) Diction. B) Language. C) Syntax. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Style. 10. A reference to a well-known thing the writer assumes the reader will know about. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 11. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. What literary device suggests a resemblance or identity between two things? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 13. Using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Connotation. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 14. The character says something but means something else. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal Irony. 15. Errors in reasoning are called ..... A) Logical fallacies. B) Logical lapses. C) Parallel structure. D) Reasoning issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical fallacies. 16. "She spun downstream like a whirligig." is an example of a ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. An animal or object behaving as if it were human A) Anthropomorphism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropomorphism. 18. Compares to things using like or as A) Foreshadowing. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. A lesson learned from a story: A) Motif. B) Perspective. C) Theme. D) Moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral. 20. What is a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" ? A) Simile. B) Enjambment. C) Personification. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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