This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 372 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 372 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which I ..... but the motions are able to compose the waves A) Anaphora. B) Unrelated. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silence. 2. ..... are simply the broader subject or topic that a given work touches upon. E.g. Love, Free Will, Loneliness, Violence, Isolation, etc. A) Thematic concepts. B) Thematic statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thematic concepts. 3. This type of sentence makes a command and ends in a period. A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative. 4. A figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of "like" or "as. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Foil. D) Connotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. What is the purpose of imagery as a literary device? A) To create vivid mental pictures. B) To enhance the plot of a story. C) To develop complex characters. D) To establish the setting of a narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create vivid mental pictures. 6. What are 3 ways an author develops a character? A) Author's description, character reveals himself, and other characters reveal the main character. B) Author's description, character does not reveal himself, and main character reveals other characters. C) Author doesn't develop a character. D) Author's description, character reveals himself, and main character reveals other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's description, character reveals himself, and other characters reveal the main character. 7. Opposites, exaggeration, expression using language that normally signifies opposite (i.e. if a fire station burns down) A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 8. Let's go Terrific Titans Team! A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. This is the use of one idea to represent or stand for another A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Comparison. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 10. "Dissimulare etiam SPERASTI, perfide, tantum posse nefas?The best translation of sperasti is: A) Are you hoping. B) Did you hope. C) Should you hope. D) Will you hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you hope. 11. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry or prose. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Style. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 12. Make this a simile. She sings ..... A) At lunch. B) At the crowd. C) Like a bird. D) Very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like a bird. 13. What literary device is this:The same consonant sound appears many times in words that are close to one another. The consonant sounds are usually at the BEGINNING not like consonance which can be at any part of the word (example:birds sing songs softly)? A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. A pause or break within a line of Anglo Saxon poetry A) Cutting. B) Theory. C) Alliteration. D) None of the answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cutting. 15. "The firehouse burned down" is an example of ..... A) Structure. B) Tragedy. C) Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 16. Compares to things not using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation A) Repetition. B) Connotations. C) Hyperbole. D) Colloquial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colloquial. 18. "I caught a fish as big as a house, " is an example of what literary device? A) Personification. B) A simile. C) A hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hyperbole. 19. How do you determine an author's purpose and craft in fictional texts, and why is this analysis essential for a deeper understanding of the narrative? A) Determining an author's purpose is irrelevant in analyzing fiction. B) Analyzing an author's purpose and craft involves examining their choices in writing style, tone, and narrative techniques, which is important for a deeper understanding of the story. C) An author's purpose is always explicitly stated in the text. D) Author's purpose and craft can be found in non-fiction but not in fictional texts. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyzing an author's purpose and craft involves examining their choices in writing style, tone, and narrative techniques, which is important for a deeper understanding of the story. 20. What literary device is used in the phrase:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. ← 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