This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 242 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 242 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the preposition(s): ..... Jake sat between Jim and Jerry. A) Jake. B) Sat. C) Between. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between. 2. Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia. Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line. A) Zoomed. B) Car. C) Wow. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zoomed. 3. In the phrase 'The sun smiled down on us', which literary device is being used? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. What is the definition of Resolution? A) When you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only humans have. B) The most intense part of a story where the character faces their conflict. C) How the story ends. D) When a writer uses very descriptive language to appeal to all of 5 of your senses. (taste, touch, smell, sight, hearing). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How the story ends. 5. Lisa ate jumbo shrimp last night for supper is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 6. A contrast between the expected outcome and the actual way things turn out A) Plot. B) Parody. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 7. The under-appreciated woman couldn't wait for the new dawn to arrive. Her mind couldn't handle anymore turmoil for the day. What does "the new dawn" symbolize for the woman? A) A package arriving. B) The sun rising. C) A fresh start. D) A new mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A fresh start. 8. Makes a direct comparison between two things that are not normally viewed as similar A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. The thirsty grass drank in the rain. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. What is a foil character? A) The main character (protagonist) of a literary work, especially one who exhibits admirable traits such as courage and righteousness;. B) A foil is a character who contrasts with another character,. C) Hints at later events in the story. D) A commonly used figure of speech with a meaning that differs from its literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A foil is a character who contrasts with another character,. 11. She asked if she would use the restroom . A) Euphemism. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 12. When you give human characteristics to non-human objects or elements. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. The main events in a narrative/story A) Exposition. B) Foil. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 14. When and where the story takes place describes which literary device? A) Theme. B) Point of view. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 15. Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases A) Flashback. B) Alliteration. C) Anaphora. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 16. The passing of reference to something or someone to represent ideas or qualities. A) Hyperbole. B) Symbolism. C) Rhyme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 17. As he walked along the beach, he noticed how the palm trees danced in the wind. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. In this great big house, I felt as small as a mouse. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 19. When a character struggles with their own opposing beliefs or desires A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. C) Internal Conflict. D) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal Conflict. 20. Which literary device is defined as the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form? A) Personification. B) Pun. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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