This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 294 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 294 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat. A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Pun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 2. "Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Contrast. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. A reference to another piece of literature or a current or historical event A) Allusion. B) Aside. C) Dramatic irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 4. The precise, literal meaning of a word. A) Metaphor. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 5. Moves an audience from the present moment in a chronological narrative to a scene in the past. Example:A man is about to give a speech to a large audience on biology. Suddenly, he remembers playing with frogs and toads in his backyard as a curious child. He smiles at the memory and then begins to speak to the audience about a new, groundbreaking finding of frogs. A) Aside. B) Flashback. C) Allusion. D) Allegory. E) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 6. In the phrase 'The river sang a sweet song', which literary device is being used? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story. A) Point of view. B) Satire. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 8. What literary device is present in the following quote? "The flower garden was stained with rotting brown magnolias petals and ironwoods grew rank amid the purple phlox." A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Antithesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 9. Pick the best answer:I ate a hot dog. I got sick. Therefore, ..... A) Hotdogs are dangerous. B) Hotdogs are a terrible food. C) Hotdogs may cause you to be sick if you don't cook them well. D) Hotdogs should be banned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hotdogs may cause you to be sick if you don't cook them well. 10. A repeated pattern, image, theme, character, or plot that occurs in literature from a broad range of cultures and time periods A) Archetype. B) Symbolism. C) Allusion. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archetype. 11. What is a topic sentence? A) A sentence that summarizes the introduction. B) A sentence that argues the main idea of one body paragraph. C) A sentence that is a general truth. D) A sentence that includes a quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sentence that argues the main idea of one body paragraph. 12. An abstraction that represents the central idea of the story A) Main Idea. B) Abstract idea. C) Theme. D) Central theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 13. Which is an example of visual imagery? A) The color blue sparkled in her bright eyes. B) Her scream was shrill and high-pitched, like nails on a chalkboard. C) As soon as Michael took a bite of the sandwich, he tasted the sharp, distinct mold growing on the bread. D) She whacked her funny bone on the corner of her desk and a sharp pain went up her arm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The color blue sparkled in her bright eyes. 14. Narrative poem written in 4 line stanzas A) Ballad. B) Song. C) Ode. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 15. "My heart's an open sore that I hope heals soon." -Kid Cudi What is this an example of? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Very great pain or grief. A) Cahoots. B) Trill. C) Submission. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anguish. 17. What is this an example of? "My son is a bat. His eyes blink when darkness comes. His body stirs with life." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. What language feature does the following example belong to? Exclamation mark A) Vocabulary. B) Descriptive language. C) Figurative language. D) Sentence structure. E) Punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Punctuation. 19. "My brother eats like a pig; he is so messy" This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. The most exciting part of a story where all of the main conflict comes together A) Catalyst. B) Crisis. C) Big Event. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. ← 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