This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 219 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 219 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I got Sam, and Sam me. A) Ellipsis. B) Allegory. C) Antithesis. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ellipsis. 2. "Above the cricket, towers that seemed like mountains of light rose up into the night sky" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. "Descriptions that are strong enough to allow the reader to imagine the thing accurately in their own mind" are known as ..... A) Symbolism. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 4. Dale's smile was as bright as the sun shine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Thank you for your contribution. Every penny is a raindrop that makes up an ocean. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward. Is an example of a Hyperbole. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees', what literary device is being used? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. All of the action that follows the climax before the resolution. A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Exposition. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Action. 9. EXAMPLE:Her laughter was as sweet as a bird's song. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. "And find delight writ there with beauty's pen" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile? A) A metaphor and a simile are the same thing. B) A metaphor directly compares two unrelated things, while a simile uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison. C) A simile directly compares two unrelated things, while a metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison. D) A metaphor is a type of simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor directly compares two unrelated things, while a simile uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison. 12. Dramatic Irony happens when ..... A) The reader is aware of what will happen next but the characters in the story are unaware. B) When a female character overreacts to something a male character did in a story. C) The narrator drops clues about what will happen next in a story. D) The reader and the characters are unaware of what will happen next in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reader is aware of what will happen next but the characters in the story are unaware. 13. An example of a simile would be: A) My sister is a bear in the morning. B) My brother is a book worm. C) My Dad is as strong as an ox. D) She was ready to hit the hay after work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My Dad is as strong as an ox. 14. An implied comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Soliloquy. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. The use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest action that is to come A) Dialect. B) Characterization. C) Foreshadow. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadow. 16. What is the mood? A) Author's feeling. B) Definition. C) Flashback. D) My feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My feeling. 17. The story "The Ants and the Grasshopper" is an example of a/an ..... A) Parable. B) Fable. C) Narrative poem. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 18. When a part of the book hints at something that will happen in the future, it is ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 19. What literary device is used here: "His heart is made of stone." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. A rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what is on the surface differs radically from what is actually the case A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. ← 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