This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 301 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 301 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The sun smiled down on us" is an example of which of the following literary devices A) Setting. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. What is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea? A) They tend. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 3. During his halftime speech, the coach told his players to give it 110%. The over-used saying is an example of: A) Cliche. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliche. 4. Two sentences or phrases of contrasting meanings next to one another, creating stark contrast between the two objects or ideas. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 5. The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, mad/glad, sigh/ride). A) Assonance. B) Tone. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 6. It is a comparison of 2 unlike things without the use of "as" and "like" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. What is a Irony? A) Is when there are two contradicting meanings of the same situation, event, image, sentence, phrase, or story. B) Is the process of drawing a conclusion from supporting evidence. C) It's what happens when an author, deliberately or accidentally, puts historical events, fashions, technology, etc., in the wrong place. D) It's what happens when an author, deliberately or accidentally, puts historical events, fashions, technology, etc., in the wrong place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is when there are two contradicting meanings of the same situation, event, image, sentence, phrase, or story. 8. Little Red Riding Hood ventured into the dark forest to visit her grandmother. A) Symbolism. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 9. Definition-The story is told to "you." This POV is not common in fiction, but it's still good to know (it is common in nonfiction). Example- "You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone inside." A) First person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) Third person limited point of view. D) Third person omniscient point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second person point of view. 10. Words used in such a way that the sound of the words imitates the sound of the thing being spoken of. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Pun. C) Explicit. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 11. Why is 'Point of View' important to a story? A) A point of view can completely change how a reader sees the story (the good guy becomes the bad guy). B) It is the main idea of the story. C) It is the most exciting part of the story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A point of view can completely change how a reader sees the story (the good guy becomes the bad guy). 12. Repetition of the same or similar sounds in words in any kind of word A) Rhyme. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 13. The way the reader feels, or the overall atmosphere, created in a text. A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 14. Sweet sour.What is the literary device used here? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 15. When a writer uses descriptive language, how does it affect the reader? A) The reader can memorize the text. B) The reader feels the text come to life. C) The reader gets bored and stops reading. D) The reader gets confused and has to reread. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The reader feels the text come to life. 16. "The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight. It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint in others. No wonder the children hated it! I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long." A) Imagery. B) Juxtaposition. C) Personification. D) Frame Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. What is the term for two ideas being placed close together for contrasting effect? A) Anaphora. B) Juxtaposition. C) Oxymoron. D) Semantic field. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 18. Method of narration used in a story including first, second, and third person A) Reliable narrator. B) Point of view. C) Perspective. D) Unreliable narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 19. ..... is a practice of using symbols, or anything that represents something larger than itself. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 20. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. The words in BLUE are an example of A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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