This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 289 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 289 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The rush of wind in my face and the stomach-dropping sensation of the roller coaster had me gripping the safety bar tightly. A) Emotive language. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 2. Which literary device uses repetition only at the beginnings of phrases/sentences? A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 3. The ocean heaved a sigh. A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. When Jackie's hears her say "I love you" in her southern accent it makes her A) Think about the garden. B) Feel angry. C) Want to go to Kingdom Hall. D) Miss Greenville. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miss Greenville. 5. What story is this from? "Every year ..... [he] began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done." A) The Lottery. B) The Monkey's Paw. C) All Summer in a Day. D) The Most Dangerous Memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lottery. 6. "I ate an entire cow" is an example of what? A) Pun. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. What is a word, phrase or situation where there are two or more possible meanings and it is unclear which is the correct one? A) Antithesis. B) Ambiguity. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambiguity. 8. He did not realize that his last chance was walking out the door.Poetic device is A) Alliteration. B) Transferred epithet. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." is an example of ..... A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. An indirect word substituted for one that is considered too blunt or harsh. (Ex:Saying passed away instead of died.) A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 11. His hands were as cold as A) A werewolf. B) A bear. C) A vampire. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ice. 12. What is a person or animal which takes part in the action of a story called? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 13. Comparing 2 unlike things WITHOUT using 'like or as'. Example:Our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. (Khalil Gibran-Sand & Foam) She was a rock star at our last business presentation. A) Aside. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. A frosty-fiery sleepy-head; This is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) Alliteration. C) The idiom. D) An adage/proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 15. "Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. "Lucy, please come here!" The teacher called. Lucy came quickly and learned that she won the contest! She was humbled by the response from her classmates. Later that day she went out to celebrate with her family. (this is what type of point of view? A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd person limited. 17. This is the ending of a story. A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion. 18. What is the purpose of foreshadowing and situational irony in literature? A) To confuse the reader. B) To entertain the reader with unexpected twists. C) To provide important information about the story. D) To create suspense and tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create suspense and tension. 19. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. A comparison between two unlike things; Laughter is the best medicine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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