This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 239 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 239 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of? A) Paradox. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 2. " ..... attack follows attack along the weakening, retreating, crumbling lines, " A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 3. This is an example of which literary device? Do you ever feel like a plastic bagDrifting through the wind, wanting to start again? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. Identify the personification in the following sentence:'The stars winked in the night sky.'a) stars winkedb) in the night skyc) Thed) night sky A) Stars winked. B) In the night sky. C) The. D) Night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stars winked. 5. Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as" . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. The point of view where the reader only knows the actions and saying of the characters is called ..... A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 7. A character that undergoes an internal change throughout the story. A) Dynamic. B) Round. C) Static. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 8. "Two geological ages later, we heard the soles of Atticus's shoes scrape the front steps." -TKAM, Ch 11 A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 9. Why did Charles Dickens write this play? A) To remind poor people of how awful wealthy people actually are. B) To make a lot of money. C) To entertain the wealthy people. D) To remind wealthy people of the conditions the poor people were living in, in the hopes that they would help alleviate their suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To remind wealthy people of the conditions the poor people were living in, in the hopes that they would help alleviate their suffering. 10. My dog has a bark as loud as thunder. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. "The snow was a white blanket over the town." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. Writing that attempts to show life as it really is. A) Realistic fiction. B) Historic fiction. C) Science fiction. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realistic fiction. 13. The movement is a rhythm to us. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. In the poem, "gifted" Woodson repeats the following lines:Odella has acheivedOdella has excelled atOdella has been recommended to Why does Woodson choose to repeat these words? A) To highlight Jackie's feeling of unworthiness. B) To highlight Odella's power. C) To show how Odella is a strong writer. D) To show Odella's personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To highlight Jackie's feeling of unworthiness. 15. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. Time flies by! Is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 17. What is the point of view? A) Struggle between two opposing forces. B) The time, place and circumstances of a story. C) The perspective from which the story is told. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The perspective from which the story is told. 18. How the author's specific use of words makes his or her writing distinctive. A) Connotation. B) Personification. C) Style. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Style. 19. Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story. A) Flashback. B) Humor. C) Foreshadow. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 20. What is this an example of? "What do I do? What do I do? This library book is 42 Years overdue." A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. ← 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