This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 457 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 457 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. What figure of speech is being asked? "The little stars, like little children, went first to bed." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Metonymy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The point where the line is ended and moved to the next. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Line breaks. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Line breaks. 4. A struggle between opposing forces that create tension or suspense in a story A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Point of View. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 5. I was over the moon when I heard the good news. A) Rhyme. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 6. ..... characters exhibit some kind of change-of attitude, purpose, behavior, as the story progresses. A) Static. B) Dynamic. C) Minor. D) Major. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic. 7. The cat is as fluffy as a cloud. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The thunder roared like a lion'. A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. Annie's eyes were two diamonds sparkling in the sunshine A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. Which of the following answers is a correct example of Symbol in "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata? A) The convenience store. B) The protagonist's apartment. C) The dead bird. D) The protagonist's cellphone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dead bird. 11. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary ..... " sets a strong ..... for Poe's poem The Raven A) Mood. B) Attitude. C) Irony. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 12. What do the marionettes' human qualities suggest in the story? A) They represent the characters' hidden desires. B) They symbolize the characters' vulnerability. C) They foreshadow the twist ending. D) They allude to the characters' pasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They represent the characters' hidden desires. 13. Which literary device uses two different ideas, such as light and dark, to show contrast? A) Juxtaposition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Deus ex machina. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 14. An enduring idea or belief that is present throughout a literary work, usually acting as or facilitating the main subject. A) Plot. B) Moral. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 15. When the words pronunciation imitates its SOUND A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. He has been walking for days and days is an example of: A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Cliche. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 17. Identify the type of rhetorical device used in the following statement: "Maycomb County had recently been told that we had nothing to fear but fear itself." A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Extended simile/metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 18. A series of related events that include the conflict, climax, and resolution. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Rising action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 19. The use of any object, person, place or action that not only has meaning in itself but also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value A) Symbolism. B) Motif. C) Hamartia. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 20. Sally sells sea shells at the sea shore. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. ← 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