This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 284 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 284 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A hint of what is to come later in the story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 2. "She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of which sound device? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. Nature speaks in whispers, unless she's angry and today she was A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Tactile Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. A writer's vivid description that helps readers to see, hear, feel, touch, or smell what is being described A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. Which definition is correct for the following term:Foreshadowing A) The author's attitude toward the writing; the way feelings are expressed. B) A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". C) The process in which the author tells readers about a character. D) When an author gives the reader hints or clues as to what will happen next. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When an author gives the reader hints or clues as to what will happen next. 6. Sequence of events in a story. Ex. "First, Jack went out to sell the cow, and then he bought some magic beans. After that, Jack's mom got mad and threw the beans out the window." A) Motif. B) Protagonist. C) Setting. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 7. What is the part of the story in the beginning where a lot of information is learned? A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 8. The use of language to compare two unlike things, without using the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. A comparison between two unlike objects using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Theme. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Repeated same consonant sounds in a group of words A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. The pronoun "you" addresses the reader. Implies that the reader is either the protagonist or a character in the story and the events are happening to them. A) 2nd person POV. B) Assonance. C) Refrain. D) 1nd Person POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2nd person POV. 12. What is apostrophe in a poem? A) Used to address someone or something that is not there. B) The writer of the poem. C) A figure of speech that is not literal. D) The antonym of a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used to address someone or something that is not there. 13. The leaves danced together in the field. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. A struggle or problem a character must overcome A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 15. Which literary device is most clearly used in this line from "The Mystery of the Missing Necklace" ? "Then she sat guarding her loot, remaining silent and pretending to be as innocent as a nun!" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. True or False:What reader feels is known as tone. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. What is the SETTING of a work of literature? A) A struggle between opposing characters or forces. B) A series of events that make up a story. C) The time and place of a story, play or poem. D) The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The time and place of a story, play or poem. 18. "The blood red clouds were scattered across the western sky as the sun inched below the the rocky horizon." This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 19. A play on words that exploits the multiple meanings or similar sounds of a word. A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Pun. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 20. Imagine you're in a thrilling detective story! Olivia, Anika, and Daniel are trying to identify the unique style or tone that makes an author's writing distinctive. What do they call this? A) Topic. B) Theme. C) Word Choice. D) Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voice. ← 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