This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 447 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 447 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings A) Puns. B) Simile. C) Situational irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puns. 2. "Mrs. Lewis will make Steve the baseball team captain. He is already the captain of the volleyball team. " This sentence is an example of which fallacy? A) It does not follow. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Slippery Slope. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It does not follow. 3. An example of this device is: "He was an absolute beast on the football field." A) Exaggeration. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. How I Met Your Mother (show) A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Frame Tale. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frame Tale. 5. "Jangle and bang go the pots and pans"Which literary device is used in the above sentence? A) Personification. B) Symbolism. C) Rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 6. Spencer looked at the thermometer. It was 101 degrees outside. "Jeez, " he said. "I hope it warms up. I want to go to the beach later." A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal. 7. Which of the following is a present passive infinitive? A) To mix. B) Fulsere. C) To request. D) Murmur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To mix. 8. Read the following and determine if the author used direct or indirect characterization. Mark mumbled something under his breath, stomped out of the room and slammed the door, thinking to himself, this is so unfair! A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 9. Laura wants to watch her favorite TV show tonight, but knows she has a huge Social Studies test tomorrow. A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Conflict. 10. All events leading up to the climax? A) Exposition. B) Resolution. C) Falling action. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising action. 11. Mason was as fast as a cheetah on wheels. A) Epithet. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. What point of view is this written?: "The day grew dark, but Michael kept searching for his lost keys. If he could only find them, he would not get in trouble. This was the second time this month he had lost his keys." A) 1st Person. B) 3rd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3rd Person. 13. The repetition of sounds in nearby words, involving similar vowel sounds A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 14. "Time is money" is an example of what? A) A metaphor. B) A simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor. 15. A situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 16. A symbol is A) Is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings. B) An extreme exaggeration. C) Using "like" or "as" to compare two different things and show a common quality between them. D) A word that sounds like what it means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings. 17. Sonia sniffed the sweet, scarlet flower softly. A) Idiom. B) Cliche. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 18. What is the process or act of identifying how two things are similar and different? A) Comparison. B) Figure of speech. C) Vivid. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison. 19. A series of events that occur after the climax to help bring closure to the story A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Rising action. E) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Falling action. 20. Tone / Mood A) Emotional Reaction of Reader / Emotions of Author. B) Emotions of Author / Emotional Reaction of Reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotions of Author / Emotional Reaction of Reader. ← 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