This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 317 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 317 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (n.) something that does not have a single clear meaning A) Ambiguity. B) Diction. C) Antithesis. D) Active Voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambiguity. 2. Define Parallel Structure. A) Moral character. B) Emotions. C) Logic/reasoning. D) A pattern of repetition of words/phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A pattern of repetition of words/phrases. 3. Which word means:To compare two things WITHOUT using like or as? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Choose the answer that is true: A) Round characters change but dynamic ones do not. B) Dynamic characters change and round ones are complex. C) Static characters are seen throughout the whole story as they change. D) Flat characters are the most interesting in the plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic characters change and round ones are complex. 5. Which level of diction would this be?"I simply cannot bear the thought of no long weekends approaching!" A) High/Formal. B) Neutral/Middle. C) Low/Informal. D) Substandard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High/Formal. 6. This is the most exciting part of the story. It is also the turning point. A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising Action. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 7. Which literary device compares two objects using like or as? A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Repeating a word, phrase, or clause intentionally to create rhythm or structure. A) Parallelism. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 9. During a literature class, Grace noticed the sentence 'The flowers danced in the wind' in a poem. She asked Evelyn and James, which literary device is being used in this sentence? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 10. "After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed at Anthony." What is being personified? A) The chocolate chips. B) The cookie. C) Anthony. D) Guilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guilt. 11. A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Figure of Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 12. A person or creature in a story. A) Character. B) Conflict. C) Plot. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 13. What literary device do these lines use:Music; why thy powers employOnly for the sons of joy? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 14. Nobody invites Edward to parties because he is a wet blanket. A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. What are the Germanic tribes that settled in England? A) Gaels, Picts, and Britons. B) Vikings. C) Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. D) Roman Legions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. 16. The feeling the READER gets based on the AUTHOR'S word choices A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Pun. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 17. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.Poetic device is A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Transferred epithet. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. "Two, glue, blew, zoo, " is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Tone. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 19. " The road was a ribbon of moonlight" is what type of literary device A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden Daffodils;Beside the Lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. A) Imagery. B) Metonym. C) Simile. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. ← 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