This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 258 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 258 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device is used in the phrase:'He was as brave as a lion'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 2. An element at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. A) Conflict. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 3. Narratives are written without traditionally recognizable plots and yet still evoke in you a feeling that you are going somewhere when you read it. A) Linear plot. B) Episodic plot. C) Pointless plot. D) Circular plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pointless plot. 4. This is an element of a story which is defined as the sequence of events that occurs from the first line to the last. A) Setting. B) Characters. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 5. He was as blind as a bat A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called the ..... A) Allusion. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 7. What is an example of narration? A) I woke up at 6 a.m. and rushed to my desk. B) I realized I had class in three hours and 18 papers to grade!. C) My piles of essays were scattered around my desk as if they had been hit by a tornado. D) "Breakfast is ready!" my mom yelled. "In a minute!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I woke up at 6 a.m. and rushed to my desk. 8. Which of the following is an example of allusion? A) He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War. B) A little lad listened to the lisping lizard. C) CRASH!. D) He cried like a baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War. 9. Burr, check what we gotMister Lafayette, hard rock like LancelotWhat device is NOT in the sentence A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) End rhyme. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. An author's word choice (ex:formal, informal, slang, etc) A) Satire. B) Theme. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 11. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor" (9). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. What can a light bulb symbolize? A) Magic. B) Intelligence. C) Love. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligence. 13. I could have slept for a hundred years. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. What is the definition of hope and hopelessness? A) Guilt. B) Ability to influence or control others. C) Feeling of being isolated or excluded. D) The feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. 15. He was nervous, very very nervous. This is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Syllables. C) Rhyme. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 16. You really are the apple of my eye A) Anastrophe. B) Colloquialism. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. Group of lines in a poem-paragraph A) Paragraph. B) Stanza. C) Lines. D) Line break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 18. Let's play a fun game of 'Guess the Literary Device'! Can you tell what the following example is demonstrating?'The dove is often used as a symbol of peace' A) Simile. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 19. The way a writer uses language to convey a meaning A) Dramatic Irony. B) Author's Style. C) Imagery. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's Style. 20. What is the literary device that refers to two rhyming words juxtaposed inside of the line? A) Internal rhyme. B) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme. ← 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