This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a character has a conflict with them selves A) Man vs self. B) Man vs nature. C) Man vs man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs self. 2. "Her mind is a steel trap" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. Comparing two unlike things with "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. What literary device was used in this piece? A) Anaphora. B) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 5. The perspective from which a story is told, such as first-person, third-person limited, or third-person omniscient A) Symbolism. B) Point Of View. C) Mood. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point Of View. 6. An implied metaphor is ..... A) A type of metaphor that compares two unlike things without mentioning one of them. B) A metaphor that doesn't make sense. C) A metaphor with a hidden message. D) Comparing 2 like things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of metaphor that compares two unlike things without mentioning one of them. 7. ..... is/are all the necessary background information a reader needs to effectively understand a story. A) Resolution. B) Exposition. C) Climax. D) The Table of Contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 8. What are hints, clues, or warnings about something that will happen later in the story called? A) Flashback. B) Setting. C) Allusion. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 9. The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Motif. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 10. The last day of school is like a day at the beach-easy and relaxing. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 11. A question asked that is not meant to be answered A) Rhetorical question. B) Symbolism. C) Antithesis. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 12. What is this sentence an example of? A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similarly. 13. "The shuttle rattled off into silence" A) Simile. B) Metaphore. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 14. Two opposites in conjunction (Jumbo Shrim) A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Motif. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 15. When a thought or idea doesn't stop at the end of a line, but continues onto another line of poetry, it is called A) Rhyme scheme. B) Couplet. C) Quatrain. D) Enjambment. E) Internal rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjambment. 16. A non-human entity or thing is given human characteristics. What literary device is used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 17. I've told you to clean your room a million times! A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Watching the show was like watching grass grow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. The conclusion of a story A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Rising action. E) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 20. What is the literary device that refers to lines which end on a period or on a natural break in the sentence? A) Enjambment. B) End-stopped lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) End-stopped lines. ← 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