This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The tree danced gaily in the morning sun" is A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. Sputtering, gurgling, clanking, tapping, thumping A) Smell. B) Sight. C) Hear. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hear. 3. What's the definition of tone? A) The array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. B) The authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. C) The attitude of the author or the person speaking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The attitude of the author or the person speaking. 4. Figurative LanguageUses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. A) Figurative Language. B) Similes. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 5. A ..... can be fiction or nonfiction, written in first person or third person point of view. A) Narrative. B) Plot. C) Character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 6. When a character speaks to another character, the audience, or themselves, and the other characters on stage can't hear them. A) Aside. B) Monologue. C) Allusion. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aside. 7. Specific things said (by other characters or a narrator) about a character A) Protagonist. B) First person pov. C) Denotation. D) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct Characterization. 8. "Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of which of the following devices? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. What is the mood of this statement? "Summer is just around the corner!!!" A) Ecstatic. B) Fear. C) Anger. D) Annoyance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecstatic. 10. Example:I've told you to clean your room a million times. A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. What is literary device are these words an example of?Cheerful, Dry, Assertive, Lighthearted, Regretful, Humorous, Pessimistic, Nostalgic. A) Figurative Language. B) Tone. C) Setting. D) Details. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 12. Using a related word to represent another concept A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Pleonasm. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 13. A line of poetry carries its idea or thought over to the next line without a grammatical pause. A) Couplet. B) Enjambment. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjambment. 14. Narrator tells the story from his/her point of view using "I" A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person objective. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 15. What does Himmel mean in English? A) Beautiful. B) Road. C) Heaven. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heaven. 16. Which of the following is "A character whose personality changes opinion, moral code, or thought processes by either progressing or regressing as a result of their experiences throughout a literary work?" A) Indirect characterization. B) Direct characterization. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynamic character. 17. What is the falling action in a literary plot? A) To introduce background information about events, settings, characters, etc. B) To build towards the point of greatest interest in a literary plot. C) To occur after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. D) To actively oppose or be hostile to someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To occur after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. 18. When you came into my life, it was the end of winter What literary device has been used? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 19. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The buzzing bee flew past my ear.'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. Jaydee, Pasquale, and Robert are engrossed in a gripping detective novel. In your opinion, which element among the following is creating suspense in their story? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Summary. D) Predictable plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. ← 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