This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 208 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 208 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The mind is a bottomless toolbox you can fill up with a infinite amount of hammers and nails, " is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. Identify the preposition(s): ..... My brother and I walked up the path and down to the stream. A) Up. B) Path. C) Down. D) Up, down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Up, down. 3. A series of events of plot points that causes the reader to feel anxious are used to build ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Suspense. D) Cliffhanger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 4. "This bag weighs a ton!" " The Sea lent those bitter tears" A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Epistrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. "Arf, arf!" cried our dog, Rover. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. POV:The story is told from multiple points of view A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) Hybrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hybrid. 7. The opposite of what is expected A) Irony. B) Point of view. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 8. He is as strong as an ox. A) Connotation. B) Zoomorphism. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zoomorphism. 9. The writer uses the same ideas several times but different words A) Continuity. B) Cause and effect. C) Question-Rhetorical. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuity. 10. "The bees buzzed on, clouding my brainpan." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole and simile. C) Alliteration & symbol. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration & symbol. 11. What literary device is used?"The doctor wrote me a subscription" A) Malapropism. B) Symbol. C) Pun. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malapropism. 12. With every word she spoke, she was digging herself into a deeper hole. A) Analogy. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 13. A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing A) Irony. B) Idiom. C) Parody. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parody. 14. This excerpt appeals to which sense:She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation. A) Hearing. B) Sight. C) Taste. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste. 15. A character that is described in depth, with many details by the author. When you are reading a story and you feel like you know a character extremely well. A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Round. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Round. 16. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'Her smile was as bright as the sun'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Why did the monster eat a light bulb? A) He was tired of being in the dark. B) He couldn't find a candle. C) He wanted a light snack. D) He liked crunchy snacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wanted a light snack. 18. "My fingers were ice" What literary device can you spot here? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhyme. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 19. What punctuation mark is missing from this word? "cant" A) Antonym. B) Comma. C) Colon. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 20. The perspective from which a writer tells a story is known as which literary device? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Point of View. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. ← 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