This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 428 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 428 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence shows a comma separating an introductory word? A) However I am very good, at math. B) Unfortunately we do not have, enough time. C) Wait, is there another way?. D) Yes I, would like more water please. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wait, is there another way?. 2. What two words help you identify simile in a text? A) "as" and "like". B) "because" and "why". C) "cause" and "effect". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "as" and "like". 3. What are these examples of?The color white The transition from morning to nightA riverA storm A) Imagery. B) Illusion. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 4. Use of a person, place, thing, or idea to stand for something else A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 5. Mrs. Reynolds moved in Manila last Monday morning to make amends to her mother A) Euphemism. B) Irony. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 6. A one-dimensional character is a(n) ..... A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Main character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat character. 7. Hearing the story from the perspective of one of the characters (uses "I", "me", "we") A) 1st person. B) Play/drama. C) Setting. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. 8. What is a scene that takes place before a story begins? A) Prediction. B) Flashback. C) Memory. D) Nostalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 9. When the words used are opposite of what is meant literally (similar to sarcasm) A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. 10. How is main idea different from theme? A) Main idea is universal. B) Main idea is specific to the text. C) Main idea is an important idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main idea is specific to the text. 11. What is the definition of sarcasm? A) The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. B) An ironic remark tempered by humor. C) A temporary state of mind or feeling. D) A scene in a movie or novel that is set in a time earlier than the main story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ironic remark tempered by humor. 12. When certain words together mean something unique A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Paradox. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 13. "The clock tower, standing as a sentinel, marked every hour with its solemn chime." This sentence uses ..... A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Flashback. E) Foreshadowing tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. Which word means any poem that tells a story? A) Allusion. B) Acrostic. C) Narrative. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 15. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:She was a diamond as she entered the ballroom dressed in light blue. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. A theme of a story is ..... A) The author's attitude toward the subject. B) The atmosphere of the story. C) The geographical location of the story. D) A central idea in the narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A central idea in the narrative. 17. This comparison literary device DOES NOT use "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. Narrative of a person's life, a true story about a real person that is written by someone else is called? A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Fiction. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 19. The slight change of word or sound patterns that you find from one area of a country to the next. A) Dialect. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 20. "Its raining cats and dogs, " is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. ← 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