This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 432 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 432 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which sound device? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. "Quiet, soft spoken little Johnny, who wouldn't hurt a living thing on purpose, had taken a human life. " is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 3. Where is the literary device Imagery used? A) He is harmless even to children. B) Small and green. C) Among the green slim reeds. D) He vanishes in the ripples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small and green. 4. Contains monsters, magic, or other supernatural elements A) Fantasy. B) Realistic fiction. C) Fairy tale. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 5. "If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of what type of literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 6. Some people are calling me the Tiger Woods of miniature golf. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 7. Which word describes something non-human with human qualities? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. What is the following an example of ..... "My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around ..... " A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 9. Aiden, James, and Michael are having a debate. They are discussing about the purpose of an author when they write a piece of literature. Can you help them figure it out? A) To entertain. B) To inform. C) All of the above. D) To persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 10. Chuck struggling with his identify within the family. A) Characterization. B) Symbolism. C) Internal conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal conflict. 11. Which of the following is not an alliteration? A) Erin cooked cupcakes in the kitchen. B) The lion licked his lips. C) The tank ran everything over. D) She happily helped Henry hang up the decorations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tank ran everything over. 12. Get ready; get set; go A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Oxymoron. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 13. The use of hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story A) Imagery. B) Setting. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 14. In the movie Shrek, he has to go to a tower and rescue and princess from a dragon. This is playing on the idea of a handsome prince coming to the rescue. This idea is as example of ..... A) Allegory. B) Archetype. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 15. An object, person, or event that represents an idea or set of ideas A) Analogy. B) Mood. C) Forshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 16. Which literary device is shown here?638 submissoque humiles intrarunt vertice postes, A) Golden line. B) Unrelated. C) Chiasmus. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golden line. 17. Patricia cried about it for hours but said that he didn't care at all. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 18. In a story, if something hints that something will happen later, what is this called? A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 19. He, she, it, they A) 1st person point of view. B) 2nd person point of view. C) 3rd person point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd person point of view. 20. Personification is when we give human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects. An example is: A) My dog sat on the couch. B) The wind blew at night. C) Ms. McCallum heard that piece of pie calling her name after Thanksgiving dinner. D) The student dropped their book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ms. McCallum heard that piece of pie calling her name after Thanksgiving dinner. ← 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