This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 253 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 253 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device is being used below? "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" A) Personification. B) Internal rhyme. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. The placement of things beside each other to compare them or to create an effect. (a) A) A juxtaposition. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A juxtaposition. 3. What literary device does an author use to hint at future events? A) Theme. B) Foreshadowing. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 4. Occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the literary work. A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 5. "You didn't do your homework, did you?" is an example of ..... A) Open-ended question. B) Leading question. C) Slippery slope. D) Direct question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leading question. 6. A struggle or problem between two opposing forces in a story. A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Characterization. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 7. The fog crept in on little feet. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. A play on words; sometimes on different senses or sounds A) Pun. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 9. Uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next A) Suspense. B) Satire. C) Mood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 10. Identify the tone of the passage:"Lana paced up and down the hall, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope." A) Joyful. B) Anxious. C) Depressing. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anxious. 11. When the story is told from a character's point of view; you will see pronouns like "I, me, we, etc." A) First person POV. B) Second person POV. C) 3rd person limited POV. D) 3rd person omniscient POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person POV. 12. "My alarm yelled at me this morning." Which literary device is used here? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. Rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. Which of these is an example of metaphor? A) The leaf raced like a speedboat across the top of the water. B) Harriet spends all day fixing her hair. C) The clouds danced across the sky. D) The grass was a soft, plush carpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The grass was a soft, plush carpet. 15. Bob and Sally got into an argument. Sally accused Bob of cheating with Jane. Bob and Jane were able to prove that they were not cheating. As a result, Sally apologized to Bob and Jane. Of what type of conflict is this an example? A) Man vs. self. B) Man vs. society. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. man. 16. A word or phrase that is not formal; slang. A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colloquialism. 17. A news segment features a city-wide donation to the food shelf to combat local poverty and hunger. This is an example of which text structure type? A) Problem & solution. B) Cause & effect. C) Compare & contrast. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem & solution. 18. Rufus smiles as wide as the ocean. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. What is the most intense part of the story? A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 20. A repeated theme is called a A) Motif. B) Subplot. C) Style. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. ← 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