This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 486 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 486 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The camera loves her. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. She looked out the window thinking about her future. What is the WORD WINDOW an example of? A) Allegory. B) Symbolism. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 3. A reference to a famous historical, mythological, religious, or literary person or even A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 4. A Static Character is: A) A character that is different at the beginning and end of the story. B) The main character. C) The enemy of the main character. D) A character that is the same at the start and end of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A character that is the same at the start and end of a story. 5. Technology is the best thing since sliced bread. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 6. When a writer uses very descriptive language to create PICTURES in the mind of the reader that appeals to all 5 senses. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 7. The READERS feelings A) Tone. B) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 8. The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 9. The order in which particular words rhyme in poetry or prose A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme Scheme. 10. "It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass on his stomach."-The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Anaphora. D) Metaphor . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 11. Which purpose of setting suggests that it provides a framework for the events of the story? A) Character development. B) Organization. C) Symbol. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organization. 12. The statement below is a hyperbole. I am so hungry, I could eat a horse! A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. "Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp. A) Sad. B) Intense. C) Frightening. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intense. 14. Makes references to other pieces of literature, art, songs, historical events, stories, or pop culture A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 15. A part standing for the whole A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 16. He was running round like a tornado. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. The repetition of similar vowel sounds in accented syllables, followed by different consonant sounds, in words that are close together. A) Assonance. B) Couplet. C) Alliteration. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 18. An example of an Allusion? A) The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. B) The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we'll walk by. C) I'm drowning in money. D) You're such a Grinch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You're such a Grinch. 19. The feeling the author has toward his or her subject matter. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbol. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 20. Kevin informed his friend in a loud whisper that the teacher was approaching. A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. ← 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