This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 236 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 236 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What word modifies an action or state of being? A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 2. I've been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill A) Cliche. B) Pun. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 3. The writers usually emphasize a point in a funny manner. However, it is an exaggeration. A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 4. What is the FIGURATIVE or SYMBOLIC meaning of a word? A) Connotative. B) Denotative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotative. 5. What is the purpose of point of view? A) To let the characters know what the reader can see or hear. B) To express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways. C) To let the reader know what the author knows about a story. D) To express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways. 6. Which device is "a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself but also stands for something more than itself" ? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Sensory language. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 7. Define connotation A) The dicionary defintion of a word. B) Attitude of the author towards the subject. C) Sarcasm. D) An idea or afeeling the expreesion or word makes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An idea or afeeling the expreesion or word makes. 8. The eyes open to a blue telephoneIn the bathroom of this five-star hotel. A) Couplet. B) Quatrain. C) Sestet. D) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 9. What is a periodic sentence? A) Presents its main clause at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety. B) Presents its main clause in the middle of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety. C) Presents its main clause at the end of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety. D) Presents its main clause after the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presents its main clause at the end of the sentence for emphasis and sentence variety. 10. Who convinces Macbeth to kill King Duncan? A) The witches. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Banquo. D) Fleance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 11. The use of the pronoun "you" is: A) Second person. B) First person. C) Third person. D) Not a person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second person. 12. "The snow speaks to the people; it's falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air." This expression is an example of which of the following? A) Assonance. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. Which idea about life does the speaker convey in lines 5-10? A) Be able to take life one step at a time. B) You should learn how to ride a bicycle. C) You never know what someone is capable of. D) Riding bicycles make people surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You never know what someone is capable of. 14. This is a technique of bringing alive objects and animals in the mind of the reader. This is a technique which calls for attributing human qualities or behaviors to animals, plants and objects to create a sense of familiarity for the readers and allow them to connect with the writer's imagination. This technique is used only for the purpose of building images in the mind of the reader. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Anthropomorphism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. Using statistics, data, and facts to convince someone to your way of thinking is ..... A) Ethos. B) Egg waffles. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 16. You will not suffer a similar punishment after me A) Litotes. B) Multi-connectors. C) Chiasmus. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 17. Funeral:What type of literary device does the author use in paragraph 35? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. The act or instance of repeating is this literary device A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Repetition. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 19. Exaggerated statements A) Hyperbole. B) Verbal irony. C) Idiom. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. "Meow" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. 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