This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 318 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 318 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The attitude or "personality" of a piece of writing is called the A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Tone. D) Wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 2. "Kisses are the flowers of affection" is an example of: A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. Choose the correct literary device for the following examples:Jumbo ShrimpBig babyPretty ugly A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 4. Narrator is not involved in the story and reveals the thoughts/feelings of only ONE character. A) Third person omniscient. B) Second person. C) First person. D) Third person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person omniscient. 5. The golden apple pie's fragrance permeated the room with warmth. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 6. A man named "Art" is an artist. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not Ironic. 7. "He tells the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. The gentle wind kissed my cheeks. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. When a situation turns out differently from what one would expect normally-though the twist is oddly appropriate. A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 10. She was so pretty my eyes popped out! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Hiperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. Which genre primarily focuses on recounting personal experiences and reflections of the author? A) Frame Story. B) Memoir. C) Narrative. D) Graphic Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memoir. 12. An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. A) Characterization. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 13. She knew she would have to work hard, but Jana had always wanted to win the spelling bee. A) Main idea. B) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main idea. 14. Ben knew his friend was about to receive a check for not being prepared for class. This would have been the third day in a row he would have to stand out from recess. Ben gave the pencil to Tim. Later, Ben received a check and had to stand out from recess. A) It's hard to stand up for your friends. B) It takes courage to help your friends. C) Don't judge a book by its cover. D) Sometimes sacrifice is necessary to help others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sometimes sacrifice is necessary to help others. 15. The part of the plot that presents and develops the conflicts in the text; piques the reader's interest and develops conflict and characters A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 16. Which figurative language is an exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one could believe it? A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. This is a form of figurative language that uses exaggeration for effect. A) Hyperbole. B) Analogy. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Her long hair was a flowing golden river. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Description evoking the use of the five senses A) Theme. B) Adjectives. C) Flashback. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 20. Which literary device is shown here? 6 ten provincia narrat esse bellam?7 tecum Lesbia nostra comparatur? A) Rhetorical questions. B) Multi-connectors. C) Unrelated. D) Synchysis/interlocking word order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical questions. ← 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