This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 43 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Noemi swims like a fish. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Which literary device makes things more alive by giving them human traits? A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. Identify the type of conflict:John and his best friend went out on a fishing boat. After a while out at sea, a huge storm came and both men struggled to stay aboard the boat. The violent winds and huge waves were overwhelming them with fear. A) Man vs. self. B) Man vs. man. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. nature. 4. Using descriptive writing to create images in the reader's mind A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. Presents action in the order in which it occurs A) Chronological. B) Flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) Deus ex machina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronological. 6. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in stressed syllables. It is often used to create melody, emphasize certain words, or create a particular mood. A) Dialect. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 7. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "I am in love with those two green apples you call eyes" (27). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. A figure of speech in which the importance or magnitude of something is minimized for ironic or comedic effect. A) Satire. B) Understatement. C) Overstatement. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 9. Child, kid, toddler, juvenile, youngster. A) Rhyme. B) 1st person point of view. C) Dysphemism. D) Semantic field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semantic field. 10. This literary device uses repeated sounds at the beginnings of words A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. This device is often used in poetry to enhance the meaning and beauty of poems A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. What is the definition for Oxymoron? A) Placing one character, idea, theme, object, setting, etc. parallel to another in order to compare and contrast the two. B) The purposeful over-exaggeration of a statement in order to create a more intense or over-the-top effect. C) Another character in a story that specifically contrasts the main character in order to emphasise the main character's attributes and values or compare the values of the two characters. D) Two contradictory words or concepts used together to create a strange or complex thing/idea that still makes sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two contradictory words or concepts used together to create a strange or complex thing/idea that still makes sense. 13. What sense is being engaged most in this example:The television buzzed as it shut off, and the furnace sighed one last time before the house fell silent. A) Touch. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. E) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hearing. 14. My favourite movie is The Night of the Living Dead. A) Oxymoron. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Cliche. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 15. The attitude of a writer on a particular subject conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 16. A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy A) Allegory. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 17. Luna, James, and Rohan are having a debate. They are trying to figure out what is the main idea of a poem. Can you help them out? A) Topic. B) Word Choice. C) Voice. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 18. When a writer provides hints of future events in a story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Exposition. C) Point of view. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 19. A story that is not true A) Non-fiction. B) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 20. Which of the following is an example of internal conflict? A) A hero saves many lives. B) A struggle between a character and a family member. C) A character has to survive a tornado. D) A character is afraid of starting at a new school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A character is afraid of starting at a new school. ← 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