This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 322 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 322 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following means: "toned down or silenced" A) Muted. B) Hierarchy. C) Astonished. D) Grimaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muted. 2. In Jamaica the land of wood and water we have at least one home being burnt to the ground weekly. A) Irony. B) Sarcasm. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 3. The traffic noises argued long into the night and finally Cal went to sleep. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. Adjective A) Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations. B) The author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work and allow the reader to imagine the scene more clearly. C) A word that describes a noun e.g Happy, red, terrifying. D) A word that describes how, when, where or how much an action takes place e.g Gently, now, here, very. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A word that describes a noun e.g Happy, red, terrifying. 5. Definition of Simile A) A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. B) Comparing two similar things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. 6. She was a giant. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. Imagine Jaylene, Joseph, and David are watching a suspenseful movie. What would you call the feeling they experience when they can't wait to find out the ending? A) The feeling of boredom or disinterest in the events of the movie. B) The feeling of happiness and contentment about the outcome of events. C) The feeling of anger or frustration towards the characters in the movie. D) The feeling of anticipation or anxiety about the outcome of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The feeling of anticipation or anxiety about the outcome of events. 8. My sister is the devil is an example of A) A hyperbole. B) Parallelism. C) A symbol. D) A metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A metaphor. 9. I am from a place where the aroma of BBQ surrounds you while listening to the crackling of the fire and watching the flames sway. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 10. 3rd Limited A) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from one character's perspective. B) When the narrator is in the story, and the reader sees from their perspective. C) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from all characters' perspectives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from one character's perspective. 11. The use of words people, locations, objects, or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 12. Do a quick read of any stanza of the poem "The Brook" . What is a prominent literary device used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. The example highlighted below is an example of? The engine purred like a contented cat. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) English XD. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Jumbo Shrimp A) It's a paradox. B) It's NOT a paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's NOT a paradox. 16. I couldn't take the deafening silence in the room after our argument. A) Euphemism. B) Malapropism. C) Oxymoron. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 17. Fill in the blank:Denotation is the ..... definition of a word. A) Untrue. B) Most interesting. C) Perceived. D) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literal. 18. Compares two different things saying the one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Apple = knowledge, teachers, good health. What is this an example of? A) Personification. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 20. My love My love is like a red balloon against the bluest sky. It soars along the doves and flutters like a butterfly. My love is like a baby's smile. It melts your heart in a beat, reaches you through all the walls, and wraps you up in a velvet sheet. Which phrase from the poem makes something seem human? A) Reaches you through all the walls. B) It soars along the doves. C) Flutters like a butterfly. D) Wraps you up in a velvet sheet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wraps you up in a velvet sheet. ← 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