This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 409 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 409 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the use of words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. The wind blew as hard as a tornado A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 3. The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one; indite for invite A) Pun. B) Malapropism. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Malapropism. 4. "better late than never" what does this idiom mean? A) Its fine to come late rather than not come at all. B) Stop working on somthing. C) Dont be so critical. D) Something common. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Its fine to come late rather than not come at all. 5. I life is highway. I wanna ride it. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. WALTER:It ain't that nobody expects you to get on yourknees and say thank you, Brother; thank you, Ruth; thankyou, Mama-and thank you.BENEATHA:(Dropping to her knees) Well-I do-all right? FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME!RUTH:Please stop it! Your mama'll hear you. This example from the text shows: A) Personification. B) Point of view. C) Diction. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 7. The word "dactyl" comes from the Greek meaning ..... A) Finger. B) Foot. C) Meter. D) Bum-diddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finger. 8. Third-person omniscient: A) Narrator is a character in the story; uses "I, " "we, " etc. B) Narrator outside the story; uses "he, " "she, " "they". C) Narrator tells only what one character perceives. D) Narrator can see into the minds of all characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrator can see into the minds of all characters. 9. ..... are the people, animals, or ideas in a story. The development of the ..... is what moves the action, or plot, of the story forward. A) Characters. B) Settings. C) Conflicts. D) Point of Views. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 10. A poetic device that compares two essentially unlike things, finding a certain similarity between them, and using "like" or "as" to make a comparison. A) Simile. B) Genre. C) Setting. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Giving human qualities, traits, or characteristics to nonhuman things A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. Which is an example of an epilogue? A) The first chapter of a book, like The Great Gatsby. B) The ending of The Crucible, when we found out what happened to Abigail after the trials. C) The poem "Harlem" which comes before the beginning of A Raisin in the Sun. D) A character who finds strength in herself, like Melinda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ending of The Crucible, when we found out what happened to Abigail after the trials. 13. When a protagonist goes against their environment, that falls under ..... A) Man v man. B) Man v technology. C) Man v nature. D) Man v self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man v nature. 14. Yoda's speech pattern, "Ready are you?" is called? A) Proper grammar. B) Juxtaposition. C) Improper spanish. D) Anastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anastrophe. 15. Reference made to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work. A) Diction. B) Allusion. C) 1st person POV. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 16. If I personify something, then I give it what? A) Non-human qualities. B) Characteristics. C) Dynamic character ability. D) Human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human qualities. 17. The flow of words throughout a meter A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 18. Imitate sounds. A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 19. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse'? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. "Making friends" and "sharing things with others" are common THEMES in children's books. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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