This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 341 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 341 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device compares two things using "like" or "as" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. What is this an example of? My love is like a red, red rose. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. What is "a figure of speech which compares two things without using 'like' or 'as' ''? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. The use of words or a situation that is opposite that what we expect to happen A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Foreshadowing. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 5. He's really on the ball today. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 6. The sequence of events and happenings that make up a story. A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 7. What is being used here?:Life is a highway A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Connotation. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. What technique is being used in the following passage:The moon was a silver ship sailing through the sea. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. The sheriff carried a shield shaped like a star. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. Noah, Lily, and Grace are writing a story for their English class. From whose perspective should they tell the story to make it more engaging? A) All of the above. B) First person (Noah's perspective). C) Second person (Lily's perspective). D) Third person (Grace's perspective). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All of the above. 11. The story of one's life told by oneself A) Informational writing. B) Persuasive writing. C) Autobiography. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 12. Which two terms are synonymous to the term 'literary devices'? A) Figures of Speech and Parts of Speech. B) Parts of Speech and Figurative Language. C) Literary Discourse and Figurative Language. D) Figurative Language and Figures of Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative Language and Figures of Speech. 13. A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses:sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell. A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 14. Define:Simile A) A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as.". B) Uses exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis (These books weigh a ton!). C) A comparison between two or more things that are similar in some way, but unlike in others. D) Expression with less strength than expected. E) A comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as.". 15. Something about the way he looked at me made me feel uneasy. A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 16. Sally and Johnny are going to get pizza tonight. They are getting it from their favorite pizza restaurant. This statement is: A) First Person. B) Third Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third Person. 17. Writing that is meant to be acted on a stage (a play) A) Poetry. B) Drama. C) Folklore. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 18. "We could not believe Mrs. Waterbury's ..... that she had never heard of Rock and Roll. A) Aphorism. B) Anecdote. C) Assertion. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertion. 19. Which type of imagery deals with "smell" ? A) Gustatory. B) Olfactory. C) Thermal. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory. 20. Example:Hector became Superman and swooped in and rescued the cat from the burning building. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. ← 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