This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 351 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 351 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A phrase that means something completely different than the literal meaning of the words A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 2. The following which is not included in the comparison is? A) Sarcasm. B) Personification. C) Metonymy. D) Allerogs. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allerogs. 3. "The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies." A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. "I really wanted a camouflage shirt, but I couldn't find one" is an example of a/an A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Verbal irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 5. Identify the metaphor in the following sentences: A) Time is a friend, giving us moments in our lives. B) Time is a like clock, ticking away the hours. C) Time is as sneaky as a thief. D) Time is filled with stories of our lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time is a friend, giving us moments in our lives. 6. Mystery: A) A novel, story, or play involving a crime or secret activity and its gradual solution. B) A complete piece of writing, as a report or essay, that is part of a newspaper, magazine, or book. C) True writing, based on factual information. D) Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A novel, story, or play involving a crime or secret activity and its gradual solution. 7. "He pointed to the northeast corner, where fields and fruit trees were located ..... Never rains here. Never ..... the southeast corner, at the animal pens and barn ..... Alby pointed to the southwest corner, the forest area fronted with several sickly trees and benches." A) Setting. B) Imagery. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 8. The author's/speaker's perspective, argument, or position on a topic. A) Point of view. B) Point of view (informational). C) Theme. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view (informational). 9. The underlying meaning or message about life of a story is called the ..... A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 10. The minutes just ticked by. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 11. I let out a silent scream as the cat walked through the door carrying a dead bird. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 12. Delighted, peaceful, frustrated, and angry are all examples of words that could describe the author's ....., or attitude. A) Tone. B) Style. C) Metaphor. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 13. In "The Landlady" the conflict between the landlady and Billy is: A) Man vs. Self. B) Man. vs. Man. C) Man vs. Nature. D) Man vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man. vs. Man. 14. "Oxymorons are designed to have dramatic effect" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Bob brought the box of bricks to the basement. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. A literary technique in which words or events convey a meaning opposite to their literal interpretation. A) Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 17. A non-literal phrase that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words (i.e. having "a frog in your throat") A) Idioms. B) Unreliable narrator. C) Dramatic irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idioms. 18. A narrator who knows everything about the characters A) Omniscient narrator. B) Foreshadowing. C) Point of view. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omniscient narrator. 19. John jumped in the pool with a big SPLASH. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. What are the three things lost in "Second childishness" ? A) Teeth, eyes and teeth. B) Breath, smell, hearing. C) Hearing, strength and appetite. D) Love, happiness and wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teeth, eyes and teeth. ← 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