This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 452 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 452 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of figurative language is an old saying that offers advice? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Proverb. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proverb. 2. "we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground" A) Anaphora. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 3. A type of figurative language that exaggerates the situation such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. The concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot A) Suspense. B) Red herring. C) Catastrophe. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catastrophe. 5. A man tries to survive in the wild after his plan crashes and he is wandering lost in the woods for 2 months A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External conflict. 6. The Warners welcomed William and Wendy into their home. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. The movie Cars is a film that is full of this literary device A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. Why are literary devices important to have in a story? A) They make the story more compelling and meaningful. B) They bring the words of a story "to life". C) They express emotion and add depth to a story. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Part B:Which line from the poem supports the answer to Part A? A) "as you wobbled away on two round wheels". B) "pumping, pumping for your life, screaming with laughter". C) "the hair flapping behind you like a handkerchief waving goodbye.". D) "while you grew smaller, more breakable with distance". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "the hair flapping behind you like a handkerchief waving goodbye.". 10. Is the poem, " The snake trying " written like a free verse? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. If you want peace, you must prepare for war. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 12. A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is. A) Help me. B) Connotations. C) Repetition. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exaggeration. 13. "A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other quite external event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you." The words in BLUE are an example of A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. When words that rhyme within the lines of a poem and not necessarily at the end of each line, this type of rhyme is present. A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Slant rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal rhyme. 15. When characters, objects, or events have an abstract, or figurative meaning (stand for something else), it is called ..... A) Images. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 16. The AUTHORS attitude toward something A) Tone. B) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 17. In the phrase 'The mountains are sleeping giants', which literary device is being used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family" (17). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. What does melancholy mean? A) Happy, cheerful, joyful. B) Sad, gloomy, unhappy. C) Excited, enthusiastic, elated. D) Peaceful, serene, content. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sad, gloomy, unhappy. 20. Which literary device is used in the following sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees'? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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