This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 247 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 247 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is when:Speaker uses he/she/they; Told by an author who focuses only on one character's thoughts and feelings" A) First. B) Second. C) Third limited. D) Third omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third limited. 2. What is not a feature of a sonnet? A) Has 14 lines. B) Ends with a couplet. C) Has no rhyme scheme. D) Follows an iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has no rhyme scheme. 3. The seas surged slowly. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 4. Which of the following is used in the sentence? An emerald is as green as grass. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Which word means when two or more words create a rhyme in the same line of a poem or verse? A) Rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Simile. D) Personification. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 6. The strict, literal meaning of a word A) Denotation. B) Diction. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 7. He is like a bull in the china shop. This is an example of ..... A) Antimetabole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. The main character of the story. (they change from the beginning to the end) A) Protagonist. B) Resolution. C) Antagonist. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 9. A wild exaggeration;It is so hot outside you could fry an egg on the sidewalk! A) Hyperbole. B) Analogy. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. "Bob built a brilliant boat" is an example of A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 11. "Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry, who left home as soon as was humanly possible, married, and produced Francis." -TKAM, Ch 9 A) Malapropism. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 12. Which literary device is used to hint or suggest future events in The Alchemist? A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 13. One who wants to belong, has no superhuman powers but through choices and actions brings about change. A) Innocent. B) Sage. C) Rebel. D) Everyperson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Everyperson. 14. Figurative language where one thing is compared to another unlike thing without using like or as is called ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Make an inference:what is the paragraph foreshadowing? "Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this." "Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?" A) Something goes wrong. B) Allison inherits the throne. C) Nothing goes wrong. D) Nothing goes wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something goes wrong. 16. What are the events after the climax called? A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling action. 17. When someone says something that is very obvious: "Really, Sherlock? No! You are clever." . It's an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. 18. An exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor. A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. Definition of Connotation A) An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. B) The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. 20. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor from The Tell-Tale Heart? A) The eye is a vulture's eye. B) The evil eye is looking at me. C) The eye is like disgusting glue. D) I could hear the heart pounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The eye is a vulture's eye. ← 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