This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 414 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 414 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A symbolic story in which the characters, setting and events stand for abstract or moral concepts. A) Allusion. B) Parable. C) Fable. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 2. Visually descriptive language that allows reader to "see" what is happening. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 3. On is to off as Open is to closed A) Analogy. B) Flashback. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 4. Objects that represent something important in the story or for the characters A) Juxtaposition. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 5. Some students sing silly songs on Saturdays. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 6. An object, person, situation, or action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings A) Symbol. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 7. What job does the main character have? A) Fortune teller. B) Physician. C) Begging. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physician. 8. The bee buzzed around the flowers A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 9. 'Why wouldn't you recycle and help the planet?' is an example of what language feature? A) Statistics. B) List. C) Simile. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 10. A reference to a person, place, thing or event outside the work which the author expects the reader or the audience to recognize A) Foreshadow. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 11. Who is the MAIN character of our story? A) The rats. B) Timothy. C) Jeremy. D) Mrs. Fresby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs. Fresby. 12. A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics A) Apostrophe. B) Juxtaposition. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 13. Identify the type of irony:The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary. A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 14. What is 1st person Point-of-View? A) The author or a narrator tells the story. B) A character in the story tells the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A character in the story tells the story. 15. The frog plopped into the pond. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 16. "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" is an example of A) Theory. B) Metaphor. C) Cutting. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. Which of these is NOT a symbol in NS? A) Police Uniforms. B) Fire. C) The Phone in Miss Dunn's office. D) The Name of the Text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Phone in Miss Dunn's office. 18. What is language which allows the reader to visualise the setting or situation more clearly? A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Imagery. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 19. That trip was as fast as a cheetah means ..... A) The trip was quick. B) We saw a cheetah on our trip. C) The trip was not fast. D) We took a trip to see the cheetahs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The trip was quick. 20. Which literary device is this an example of: "I wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills." -William Wordsworth, Daffodils A) Allegory. B) Anachronism. C) Foreshadowing. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. ← 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