This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 463 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 463 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The orange is so bright Someone might have thought I was making a fire in my hands" is an example of which literary device? (a) A) A metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor. 2. A word that describes a noun e.g Happy, red, terrifying. A) Literary Techniques. B) Imagery. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 3. A character who only reveals one personality trait is a A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Dynamic character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat character. 4. A comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certainrespects, they will probably be alike in other waysas well A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Help me. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 5. The wilted flowers begged for water. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. The repeating of the beginning of consonant sounds A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. Define a couplet in poetry. A) 2-line stanza, may or may not rhyme. B) Rhyme that comes at the end of lines. C) Poetry not in a fixed form. D) Use of images that appeal to the 5 senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2-line stanza, may or may not rhyme. 8. A short, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence. A) Claim/thesis statement. B) Theme. C) Narrative. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim/thesis statement. 9. The tone/mood of the story is often an important part of ..... A) Characterization. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 10. An overstatement or an exaggerated statement for emphasis or effect. (Ex:It's raining cats and dogs.) A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 11. The falling snowflakes are dancers. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 12. Luckier than a leprechaun A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. This sentence contains an example of:He stopped as he got near to her, huffing and out of breath. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 14. Which literary device is shown here?79 ..... omnemque refugerat Orpheus80 femineam Venerem, seu quod male cesserat illi, A) Dactylic line. B) Metonymy. C) Alliteration. D) Golden line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 15. A secondary or more emotional meaning for a word A) Connative. B) Denotative. C) Dialogue. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connative. 16. The struggle is between two opposing needs, desires, or emotions in a character's mind. A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. C) Big conflict. D) Central conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 17. The Internet is an information highway where you can find out specifics on just about anything. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. A quick reference to something that the audience will have to already know in order to "get." A) Allusion. B) Illusion. C) Illustration. D) Alienation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. Cinderella is fighting with her step-sisters in order to go to the ball. What type of conflict is this? A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Man. 20. "We have had more students in the nurse's office than ever before. We need to do something about this, " said the principal at the teachers' staff meeting. She continued, "I would like one of you to be in charge of a club that can help there be fewer injuries." Immediately one of the teachers volunteered and began planning. She set up hall monitors, installed railings on the playground equipment and hired a new crossing guard. The problem was on its way to being solved! What was the motivation? A) Student safety. B) A New club. C) Staff meetings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Student safety. ← 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