This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 262 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 262 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds whereas assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Identify the correct literary device:She was as brave as a lion. A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 3. If the author chooses the 3rd person point of view, the reader will A) Know EVERYTHING about all of the characters and their feelings and situations. B) Know SOME things about the characters feelings and situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Know EVERYTHING about all of the characters and their feelings and situations. 4. Which is a literary device that references a person, place, thing, or event in the real world? A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Foreshadowing. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 5. Define:adjective A) Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words (ex. fuzzy, colorful, five, big). B) Asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. C) Replaces another noun or pronoun. D) Modify a verb. E) Person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words (ex. fuzzy, colorful, five, big). 6. One who seeks to nurture the emotional and physical well-being of others. A) Innocent. B) Creator. C) Caregiver. D) Magician. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caregiver. 7. After the conflict is introduced, what is the next stage in a plot progression? A) Climax. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) The "big battle". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 8. A brief reference to a famous literary work, person, event in history, etc. is called ..... A) Symbolism. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 9. "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight Not a footprint to be seen A kingdom of isolation, And it looks like I'm the queen. The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried!" Is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Allitertation. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 10. "On our last morning in Marshfield the doorbell rang at nine o'clock. When I opened it, I saw Andy, Steve, and Larry standing together. " What point of view is the story told in? A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Person. 11. What is the tone at the end of TEWWG? A) Hateful. B) Hopeful. C) Apathetic. D) Depressing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopeful. 12. The basic sections of a play. A) Acts and Scenes. B) Dialogue. C) Stage Direction. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts and Scenes. 13. End of the story where loose ends are tied up A) Resolution. B) Main idea. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 14. " Pursuing Stick ", is which of the following literary device? A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Transferred Epithet. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transferred Epithet. 15. "Don't try nothin' 'cause I got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!" contains: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. A pattern of rhyming words in a poem (aabbcc) A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme. 17. The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together A) Analogy. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 18. My room is a disaster zone. A) Construction it happening in my room. B) My room is clean. C) My room is messy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My room is messy. 19. The sequence of events that make up a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Symbol. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 20. "I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost falling, coughing and sobbing for breath." is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. ← 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