This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 440 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 440 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The stars are diamonds in the clear winter sky. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. My heart is a nest that had song-birds in it. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. A person says one thing, but means something else A) Situational irony. B) Irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic irony. E) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 4. The series of events that lead up to the ..... of the story is the ..... A) Falling Action, Rising Action. B) Exposition, Climax. C) Climax, Rising Action. D) Plot, Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax, Rising Action. 5. Metaphor and Simile are examples of what: A) Comparisons. B) Figures of Speech. C) Consonant Sounds. D) Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparisons. 6. "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date" is an example of A) Personification. B) Foreshadowing. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 7. "After years of laying in the sun, Bob's skin looked like a dried up old raisin" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. An internet ad banner telling you to click it for a free iphone. Which selection best fits the authors purpose? A) Tell. B) Urge. C) Present. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urge. 9. When Alex or A-Dawg at the beginning of ELEVEN said nothing big ever happens to him, then it does is an example of A) Foreshadowing. B) Jargon. C) Irony. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 10. "We could smell it a mile away" What literary device can you spot here? A) Rhyme. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 11. What is a proverb? A) An adages best friend. B) A short sentence from ancient origin that gives advice. C) An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A short sentence from ancient origin that gives advice. 12. The author gives a warning of a future event A) Flashback. B) Simile. C) Foreshadowing. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 13. Which literary device is used in this example? The warrior has a heart of stone. A) Alliteration. B) Foreshadowing. C) Metaphor. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. Corman hit the garage door button. There was no response. This frustrated Corman, who hit the button several more times in a fit of rage. Still, there was no response. Kathy said, "Let me try, Corman." Kathy believed that Corman was a clumsy oaf and that he was hitting the button incorrectly. She tested her suspicions by hitting the button gently. The opener whirred and pulled up the garage door. Corman felt embarrassed. Kathy was happy that they would be able to leave the garage now. What is the point of view? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person omniscient. 15. When the writer requires the reader to infer a character's personality because the writer only demonstrates the personality through his or her words and actions or through the other characters' reflections A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Personification. D) Character making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 16. A revealing scene or moment in which a character experiences a deep realization about themselves A) Epiphany. B) Juxtaposition. C) Conflict. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphany. 17. Conflicts between two people, between a person and nature or a machine, or between a person and a whole society A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External conflict. 18. Category of literature identified by form, content, and style. A) Cliche. B) Genre. C) Style. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genre. 19. The outcome of the conflict in a narrative A) Repetition. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 20. Her heart was a beating drum of love for her boyfriend. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← 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