This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 283 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 283 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which term refers to an object, person, or situation that has another meaning other than its literal meaning? A) Imagery. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Flashback. E) Personification tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 2. When a character or narrator brings the reader back to a time earlier than the main storyline. A) Foreshadowing. B) Climax. C) Conflict. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 3. The underlying meaning, idea or lesson of the story A) Theme. B) Diction. C) Satire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 4. When two things/ ideas are compared with words with like or as, it is called ..... A) Analogy. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The city never sleeps'? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. In Greek mythology, Achilles's mother dips him in a river that protects his body wherever it touches. His heel does not get wet, so it is the one part of his body left unprotected. During the Trojan War, an arrow hits Achilles in the heel and kills him. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? Red velvet cupcakes were Stacy's Achilles's heel when she was trying to eat more healthily. A) A source of strength. B) A sole weakness. C) A feeling of false strength. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sole weakness. 7. What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'My homework took me forever!'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 8. The protagonist is the ..... A) Main character. B) Main character who learns a lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main character who learns a lesson. 9. Sometimes in a scary movie they play creepy music to hint about what's going to happen next. A) Understatement. B) Allusion. C) Analogy. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 10. The withholding of information to raise questions is ..... A) Complicating factor. B) Conflicts. C) Dilemma. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 11. Creating a picture in the reader's mind using adjectives and sensory words. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 12. A question used for effect rather than response (ex:Sure! Why not?) A) Rhetorical question. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 13. The rain in Spain falls mainly in the Plains. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 14. A person goes against the government to maintain their "freedom of speech" .What type of conflict? A) Man. vs. Self. B) Man. vs. Man. C) Man. vs. Nature. D) Man. vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man. vs. Society. 15. The way the AUTHOR feels about what they are writing A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 16. What literary device is seen here:I've told you a million times to clean your room! A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 17. An implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. Element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions A) Characterization. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 19. Which literary device is used in The Alchemist to represent Santiago's internal conflict? A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 20. Two or more characters speaking to each other. A) Irony. B) Characterization. C) Connotation. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. ← 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