This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 437 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 437 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To awaken someone. A) Roust. B) Glare. C) Cahoots. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roust. 2. "A horse is a very stable animal" A) Pun. B) Simile. C) Inversion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 3. Susan sat alone and sang sad songs. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 4. Covered A) Synecdoche. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbaton. D) Synchesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 5. Which word means a recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work? A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motif. 6. The way a writer develops characters' personalities ..... what characters say and do, how they dress, how other characters speak about them. A) Imagery. B) Character-making. C) Characterization. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 7. The event that sets the central conflict in motion A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Rising action. D) Inciting incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inciting incident. 8. Example:He was barking up the wrong tree. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 9. Giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects A) Personification. B) Tone. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. "When he saw dark figures in front of him on the path, he knew trouble might be just ahead!" A) Metaphor. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 11. "The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood, " is an example of which literary device? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Mankind, man A) Anthrop/o. B) Meter. C) Nom. D) Path. E) Phil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthrop/o. 13. Life is box of hot chilli peppers. A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. A word that looks and is spelled like the sound it makes. A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Sensory language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 15. When a writer compares two things without mentioning one of them, we call it a(n) ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Implied Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implied Metaphor. 16. Pronouns used in first person point of view: A) I/me. B) She/he. C) You. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I/me. 17. Saturday Night Live is mostly satire A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Imagine you are reading a book where the author describes the sun as a 'blazing furnace'. This comparison is made without using the words 'like' or 'as'. What literary device is being used here? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. He took a tissue from the box on the coffee table. His nose ran most of the time, so there were boxes of tissue all over the house. But when something happened to make him emotional ..... like this letter ..... his nose poured. By describing how much the his nose runs, the author is telling the reader: A) He is really bothered by the letter. B) The letter is bothering him a normal amount. C) He is always bothered. D) His nose is really a hose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is really bothered by the letter. 20. He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A 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