This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 407 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 407 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven. This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. I feel like the world is against me today. A) Synecdoche. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 3. Irony is when an event or response occurs that is the ..... of what is expected. A) Preview. B) Example. C) Same. D) Opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opposite. 4. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as (Ex. The ants scurried as fast as a cheetah). A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. "The buzzing bee flew away" demonstrates which sound device? A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things using "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Pun. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. She is still and silent A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. The American flag A) Symbol. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 9. The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying end. A) Plot. B) Resolution. C) Falling Action. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 10. That guy is real nut case. A) Dysphemism. B) Juxtaposition. C) Euphemism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dysphemism. 11. What is the plot? A) The time and place of a story. B) The events of a story. C) The problem in a story. D) The turning point of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The events of a story. 12. Mike took his book to the library to renew it for one more week. This statement is: A) First Person. B) Third Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third Person. 13. Which is NOT part of the plot structure: A) Rising action. B) Climax. C) Conflict. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 14. They were a force to be reckoned with. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are suggested by the author before they happen A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Point of view. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 16. Which literary device is shown here?66 colla canis vidit, quem non pavor ante reliquit, 67 quam natura prior saxo per corpus oborto, A) Tricolon. B) Twenty days. C) Alliteration. D) Tmesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tmesis. 17. Which literary device is used to give hints to the reader of what is to come? A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Epiphany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 18. This type of text structure uses signal words like "issue, " "idea, " and "as a result of." A) Compare & contrast. B) Problem & solution. C) Sequence. D) Cause & effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Problem & solution. 19. You should determine the central idea by combining the supporting details (AKA text evidence). A) True. B) False tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What is the character of a story? A) The antagonist in the story. B) The protagonist in the story. C) A person (animal/robot) in a story that takes part in the action. D) The narrator in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The protagonist in the story. ← 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