This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 438 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 438 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hymn A) A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. B) A poem praising God or the divine, often sung. C) A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing, is usually written in an elevated style and often expresses deep feeling. D) Language that paints a picture in the reader's mind using the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A poem praising God or the divine, often sung. 2. When an author inserts a famous quotation, poem, song, or other short passage or text at the beginning of a larger text (e.g., a book, chapter, etc.). A) Epigraph. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigraph. 3. "what is the author trying to teach me through this story?" This is a question you can ask yourself to figure out the ..... A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 4. What is a figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. This type of text structure uses signal words like "alike, " "unlike, " and "as opposed to." A) Compare & contrast. B) Problem & solution. C) Cause & effect. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare & contrast. 6. Montag is a fireman. Instead of putting out fires, he starts them. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 7. Her dress danced in the breeze A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. Which line is an example of assonance? A) Bars of rage. B) Orange sun rays and dares to claim. C) His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream. D) The caged bird sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orange sun rays and dares to claim. 9. When the writer or speaker uses their descriptions to catch the SENSES of the reader or listener A) Allusion. B) Imagery. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. WHAT IS THIS DEVICE CALLED"EVERY MORNING 7 AM, MY CLOCK COMES ALIVE" A) METAPHOR. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) HYPERBOLE. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 11. The character with few personality traits is called ..... A) Static Character. B) Antagonist. C) Flat Character. D) Round Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat Character. 12. Contradictory or contrasting words placed together to achieve a different meaning A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 13. Which of the following is the ONLY internal conflict? A) Man vs Man. B) Man vs Self. C) Man vs Nature. D) Man vs Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs Self. 14. The giving of human-like traits to inanimate (non-human) objects is known as ..... ? A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. Fred ate five French fries on Friday. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. The use of an object to represent a larger idea or quality. A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Peopleism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 17. Words that appeal to the senses. A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 18. A literary device that is used in stories to give clues to upcoming events is called A) Alliteration. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 19. Struggle within a character A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal conflict. 20. What is it when the attitude of the writer evokes feeling toward a subject or audience? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Irony. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. ← 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