This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 328 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 328 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge The statement above is a metaphor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. The main character in "The Trout" is A) Rainsford. B) Jennifer. C) Julia. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julia. 3. What language feature is defined as:Language that indicates a speaker's or writer's assessment of possibility, probability, and obligation. A) Modality. B) Idiom. C) Neologism. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modality. 4. ..... is the reader's feelings about a text based on the writers descriptions. A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 5. A plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work A) Subplot. B) Catastrophe. C) Anticlimax. D) Quandary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subplot. 6. What would be the best symbol of love? A) A heart. B) A flag. C) A key. D) A map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A heart. 7. Which is an example of third person limited point of view? A) Chris had liked Emma since 3rd grade. Little did he know that Emma liked him too. They both admired one another from a far, and waited. One day, Chris said to Emma, "So you want to go out with me?" Emma felt her stomach sink. She couldn't believe it. Blushing, she said, "Okay." Chris smiled. B) Chris had liked Emma since the 3rd grade, but he never found the nerve to tell her. One sunny day, Chris said to Emma. "So you want to go out with me?" Emma blushed and said, "Okay." Chris Smiled. C) Chris slowly walked up to Emma with his hand behind his back. "So , you want to go out with me, " he said nervously. Emma blushed. "Okay." Chris smiled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chris had liked Emma since the 3rd grade, but he never found the nerve to tell her. One sunny day, Chris said to Emma. "So you want to go out with me?" Emma blushed and said, "Okay." Chris Smiled. 8. What type of figurative language is "patience is a virtue" ? A) Proverb. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 9. "The football player is as fast as a cheetah" means ..... A) The football player is quick. B) The football player saw a cheetah. C) The football player was not fast. D) There is a cheetah playing football. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The football player is quick. 10. Figurative language is language that goes beyond the ..... meaning of the words. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) Dictionary definition. D) Both literal AND dictionary definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both literal AND dictionary definition. 11. Which literary device is this:he is a night owl A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. .... = a category system that literature falls into based on specific conventions that develop tocharacterize the differences. A) Alliteration. B) Irony. C) Genre. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 13. The repetition of consonant sounds within and/or at the end of the words is called ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 14. The bed is as hard as a rock A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 15. "She thinks he walks on water" is an example of A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 16. The return of a word, phrase, stanza, or effect in any form of literature A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 17. The intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. A) Waiting. B) Conflict. C) Suspense. D) Anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 18. What literary element is present in the line below?I am rock. I am an island! A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. When and where a story takes place A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Point of view. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 20. Which sentence is an example of a metaphor? A) You are like an owl. B) You are like a lion. C) You are fire. D) You are as sweet as a candy. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You are fire. ← 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