This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 293 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 293 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The young man was tall and strong, with a confident stride and a determined gaze" is an example of what literary device A) Characterization. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 2. When something is described with person-like characteristics or actions A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. Which definition is correct for the following term:Mood A) The perspective from which a story is told. B) The author's attitude toward the writing; the way feelings are expressed. C) The feeling readers get from reading; the overall atmosphere, or feeling, of the story. D) The process in which the author tells readers about a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The feeling readers get from reading; the overall atmosphere, or feeling, of the story. 4. A word or line that is repeated to create a certain effect A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Refrain. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refrain. 5. Everyone keeps telling me nothing can go wrong, but all I can think of is the unsinkable Titanic. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 6. An extreme exaggeration is called a A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 7. In the film and book Charlotte's Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur's life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies. A) Allusion & Imagery. B) Simile & Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing & Irony. D) Personification & Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing & Irony. 8. A comparison of two things, often using the words "like" or "as" . A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. Which term means a long speech or utterance by one person, especially in a story, movie, play, or comedy routine A) Novel. B) Meaning. C) Main idea. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 10. Wake up with no jammies A) Colloquialism. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colloquialism. 11. If you need to look up the definition of a word, which is the best tool for you? A) It's not this answer. B) Or this one. C) A dictionary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dictionary. 12. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." This sentence is an example of ..... A) Simile and parallelism. B) Alliteration and parallelism. C) Metaphor and parallelism. D) Personification and parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration and parallelism. 13. As the old man watched the boys playing baseball in the vacant lot, he thought back to his own boyhood and the friends he'd had in his home town. They'd cleared debris and stray bushes from a lot and built their own baseball diamond, complete with an elevated pitcher's mound. The old man remembered the feeling of standing on that mound, exchanging signals with the catcher, and winding up to throw a pitch. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Suspense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 14. The smell of homemade chocolate chip cookies conjured up the image of Susan's grandmother standing in a flour-covered apron. A) Foreshadow. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 15. Imagine you are going to a fitness center to work out. You see a person choosing to use the elevator to reach the gym located on the second floor instead of taking the stairs. What would you call this situation? A) Personification. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) Situational Irony . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational Irony . 16. An over exaggeration used for a purpose A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. A famous person or figure endorses and supports a product. It connects the famous person with that product. A) Testimonials. B) Bandwagon. C) Fallacies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Testimonials. 18. Which figure of speech is represented in the sentence " He is sweating like a racehorse. " A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Fluffly flowers floated and flew in Florida. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. To identify the differences between two or more ideas, characters, events, settings, etc A) Compare. B) Contrast. 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