This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 352 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 352 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The two terms pummel and banish are rough and tough. Which of the following two terms show vulnerability and weakness? A) Wither and conspicuous. B) Tyrannical and cower. C) Cower and wither. D) Condescend and clarify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cower and wither. 2. This type of narrator is all-knowing: A) Limited. B) First person. C) Second person. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omniscient. 3. The use of clues to hint at something important that will happen later in a novel or story A) Foreshadowing. B) Parallelism. C) Tone. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 4. The following is an example of a ..... "Although it started to rain, we were able to ride our bikes for a little while." A) Complete sentence. B) Run on sentence. C) Sentence fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 5. Descriptive language which uses one or more of the five senses is called ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 6. The comedian was seriously funny. A) Oxymoron. B) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 7. The main idea/message of a literary work is ..... A) Theme. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 8. Something is expressed less strongly than would be expected A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Understatement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 9. While I was running down the road, I tripped and fell up to the roof top. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 10. 'Walking into grandma's house, I was immediately greeted by the warm, inviting scent of freshly baked bread and cinnamon.'Which device is this sentence? A) Ellipses. B) Rhetorical device. C) Symbol. D) Olfactory imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olfactory imagery. 11. But a better butter makes a batter better A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 13. Jimmy and Eric compete for the same position on the baseball team. A) Person vs person. B) Person vs self. C) Person vs nature. D) Person vs society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs person. 14. What is the term?A word that imitates the sound it represents A) Assertion. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 15. A hint of what will happen in the future A) Mood. B) Flashback. C) Deja vu. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 16. TRUE OR FALSE:a story can ONLY have one theme A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 17. Those cute chesire cats chased the tops and marbles. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration . Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Alliteration . 18. Sermon A) A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources. B) A speech that contains religious references that reflects on morals. C) Public speaking to an audience about a certain topic or idea. (talking as a use of communication). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A speech that contains religious references that reflects on morals. 19. I smelled the burning and heard a horrible crackling as the fire singed my hair and eyelashes. A) Tone. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 20. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence:'I've told you a million times!' A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. ← 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