This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 290 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 290 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The tree caught the kite. What type of figurative language is this? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. Identify the literary device: "Hot water whirled them down a metal throat" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis is ..... A) Repetition. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 4. Periphrases:a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What character trait is revealed here?After glancing around to make sure she wasn't being watched, Marie decided to assist the older lady get her groceries into the car. A) Selfish. B) Kindness. C) Thrifty. D) Rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kindness. 6. The moment of highest emotional intensity from which the outcome can be seen A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Falling action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 7. "What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 8. The lotus flower was "Black and purple like sleep ..... "(The Lotus-Eaters, 2) A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. Your backyard is the Garden of Eden is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Cliche. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 10. Which point of view is used when a narrator is telling the story and only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character? A) First person POV. B) Second person POV. C) 3rd person limited POV. D) 3rd person omniscient POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd person limited POV. 11. An extreme exaggeration is called a(n) ..... ? A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. "My belly flipped with worry." A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. Atmospheric setting describes the ..... A) Mood. B) Irony. C) Characters. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 14. A figure of speech that makes reference to a place, person, or event in order to add meaning to a given text. A) Epithet. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 15. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe's boots broke the forest's silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 17. When a story goes back in time to show a character's childhood it is called A) Foreshadowing. B) Conflict. C) Flashback. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 18. This is the choice of words and the length of sentences. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Diction. D) Unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 19. Stressed syllables of ending words match, but consonant sounds are different A) True Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Near/Half Rhyme. D) Eye Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near/Half Rhyme. 20. They fill each womb with an armed soldier. A) Metaphor. B) Ellipsis. C) Hyperbaton. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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