This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 279 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 279 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Definition:words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash" A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 2. The literary device, Setting, means ..... A) The time and place in which a story takes place. B) The main character of a story. C) The climax of a story. D) The moral of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The time and place in which a story takes place. 3. The song of the birds and the guitar A) Apostrophe. B) Prolepsis. C) Zeugma. D) Transferred epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zeugma. 4. (n.) the fact of being similar in development or form A) Mood. B) Narrative. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 5. Neil was hiking through the forest one day when, out of nowhere, a rabid wolf appeared. It lunged at him, teeth bared. Neil used his hiking stick to repel the wolf, who then ran away. What is the resolution of this conflict? A) The wolf lunged at Neil. B) Neil defeated the wolf with his hiking stick. C) The wolf was rabid. D) Neil was hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neil defeated the wolf with his hiking stick. 6. The elephant is a large grey mountain. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. When we see the story through a particular character's view A) Setting. B) Dialogue. C) Perspective. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perspective. 8. The colour blue represents sadness A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 9. THE PAPER WAS AS HARD AS A ..... (CHOOSE A WORD THAT SUITS THE SENTENCE BEST) A) FAN. B) BED. C) STONE. D) PINE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) STONE. 10. "Theme" is a ..... A) Literary Element. B) Literary Technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Element. 11. "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, / Doubting, dreaming, dreaming dreams no mortal dreamed before ..... " (from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven")Which of the following literary devices is present in the above quote? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. The main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work ..... A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 13. When you exaggerate descriptions, statements, or claims, you are using what literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. General idea about life the author wants to communicate A) Theme. B) Point of view. C) Antagonist. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 15. What is the same or similar consonant sound repeated in the stressed syllable, proceeded by uncommon vowel sounds? A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 16. I wish I could just click my heels; it's a long walk home. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Consonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 17. Two lines of verse usally in the same meter that forms a statement. A) Couplet. B) Quatrain. C) Iambic. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 18. What does connotative mean? A) Secondary meanings with positive or negative associations with the word. B) Dictionary definition. C) Using extreme exaggeration to make a point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary meanings with positive or negative associations with the word. 19. Which of the following is an example of rhyme? A) He could hear his world crashing down when he heard the news about her. B) The blue bug bit a black bear. C) When they came out of the theater, they all agreed that the film was a waste of money; it was a waste of time and energy. D) You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. 20. A type of word that sounds like what it describes. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Assonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. ← 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