This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 475 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 475 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the passage from the Bible, "But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant." (Matthew 23:11), which literary device is used? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 2. How did Marley get the chain that he wears? A) It was given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past. B) It wrapped itself around him when he first screamed. C) He created it to present to Scrooge as a gift. D) He made it with his own greed during his lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He made it with his own greed during his lifetime. 3. Part representing the whole. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbaton. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 4. The main character in "A Sound of Thunder" is A) Rainsford. B) Eckels. C) Travis. D) Wright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eckels. 5. Dara walked into the cafeteria and slipped on jello. All of the students laughed and made fun of her. A) Character vs character. B) Character vs self. C) Character vs nature. D) Character vs society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs character. 6. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:Drip drop went the water on the clock, now it's ruined! A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 7. An object, character, or event whose only reason for existing is to advance the story. A) Plot device. B) Plot manipulation. C) Inversion. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot device. 8. Jolly Ranchers are ..... rewards. A) Tangible. B) Connotation. C) Expository. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tangible. 9. EXAMPLE:The tired boy was a slow turtle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. "That assembly took a bazillion years", is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) False advertising. D) Superiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandaleir" (11). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. Which of these sentences contains a simile (and sibilance)? A) The waves washed lazily along the shore. B) The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake?. C) London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways. D) The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake?. 13. In the sentence 'The dove is a symbol of peace', what literary device is being used? A) Symbolism. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 14. The plot element that drives the action in a story. Man vs Man, Man vs Society, etc. A) Characterization. B) Rising Action. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 15. What is the persuasive appeal that is based on trust, usually featuring a celebrity or professional? A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. The stars are winking at me. What is the literary device used here? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. Kelly wore her hair in pigtails like Britney Spears. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 18. Home = where you live A) Metaphor. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 19. My love to my students is like an endless ocean. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. What literary device is being used in the following stanza? "O my Luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; O my Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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