This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 478 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 478 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "My wife gave me a sweater-vest for our anniversary, " he complained to the bartender, his head heavy with cognac. "What do you expect?" the bartender had replied. "You're married." Could be an example of A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 2. When non-human objects, creatures, or other living things are given human abilities or characteristics A) Humanizing. B) Personalizing. C) Personification. D) Impersonating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. What is MAN VS. SELF? A) The main character struggles with a choice or decision. B) The main character struggles against a law or rule. C) When the protagonist must struggle against a natural force. D) When the protagonist must struggle against another character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main character struggles with a choice or decision. 4. "I started buttoning up the shirt. It about swallowed me." is an examples of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. The sun set over the horizon, painting the sky in vibrant shades of orange and pink. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual imagery. 6. The use of hints, or clues in a narrative to suggest what is to come A) Falling action. B) Situational irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 7. "The cat's as fast as a jet on a runway" is an example of a metaphor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. His cries were as shrill as a siren A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 9. Exaggerated statement not meant to be taken as fact A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 10. BONUS QUESTION:What goes at the end of your introduction? (3 extra points) A) The Beginning Statement. B) The Middle Statement. C) Thesis statement. D) The End Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thesis statement. 11. The flames consumed all the trees in the forest. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Better belly buss than good food waste. This is an example of ..... A) Analogy. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. What is the usual reason one might use a metaphor or simile? A) To highlight a difference. B) To highlight a similarity. C) To emphasise a topic. D) To create a rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To highlight a similarity. 14. In her new dress, the little girl was as cute as a button. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The occurrence of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. A) Voice. B) Syntax. C) Tone. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 16. Text structureThe ways in which information is organised in different types of texts (for example, chapter headings, subheadings, tables of contents, indexes and glossaries, overviews, introductory and concluding paragraphs, sequencing, topic sentences, taxonomies, cause and effect). A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 17. What is a mystery? A) A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that isn't solved until the end. B) A fictional story about the past. C) Stories passed on from generations to generations. D) Story that can happen in real life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that isn't solved until the end. 18. Go break a leg-in other words (good luck) A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 19. The cat meowed at the door until someone let him out. A) F. Naming. B) A. Simile. C) B. Metaphor. D) C. Hyperbole. E) D. Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. Naming. 20. In the sentence 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!', what literary device is being used? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. ← 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