This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 389 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 389 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She was as happy as a clam. A) Personification. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. Which of the following is the best definition of exposition? A) A struggle between the main character and outside forces. B) A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as". C) The main character of a story, usually the hero or heroine. D) The beginning of a story when the reader learns about background information, characters, setting, and environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The beginning of a story when the reader learns about background information, characters, setting, and environment. 3. Writers create imagery through figurative language. Which is NOT a type of figurative language. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 4. A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" . The purpose is to give added meaning to one of the things being compared. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Johnny went here, there and everywhere A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 6. What does point of view mean? A) The writer's acknowledgements in the back of a book. B) The visual description of a setting made by the writer. C) The reader. D) The perspective from which the narrator, speaker, or author recounts a narrative or presents information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The perspective from which the narrator, speaker, or author recounts a narrative or presents information. 7. "BANG!" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted is the definition of A) Theme. B) Sensory Details. C) Imagery. D) Sound Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 9. These are expressions which at the surface level appear confusing and contradictory but on a deeper analysis seem to have a deeper meaning and make sense. This technique allows for understanding concepts in a non traditional and uncommon way. eg. if you don't risk anything, you risk everything. A) Paradox. B) Irony. C) Sarcasm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 10. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its actual/literal meaning A) Irony. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 11. Which of the following is used in the sentence? My friend fries french fries. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 12. A relationship between actions or events that explains why something happens or the result of something happening A) Effect. B) Sequence. C) Cause. D) Cause/effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cause/effect. 13. "His room was a hurricane of a mess" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. Joyful is an example of ..... A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 15. Which literary device is used to compare two different things using 'like' or 'as'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 16. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The thunder roared in anger'. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. A struggle, problem or issue in literature A) Conflict. B) Play/drama. C) Character. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 18. Friar:Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. This brief, memorable saying that expresses a general truth about life is called a A) Comic relief. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 19. An idea or lesson the author wants you to learn or know about a subject. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 20. We roasted marshmallows over the crackling fire. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. ← 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