This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 493 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 493 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The train slowed to a crawl. A) Simile. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. When the narrator is all knowing ..... A) Third Person. B) Omniscient. C) First Person. D) Second Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omniscient. 3. "He was following his brother around like a lost puppy" A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. "This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us." -OneRepublic What is this an example of? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Christina rubbed her lucky rabbit's foot before the big test. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadow. 6. What uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense. A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Theme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 7. She is a cheetah on the race track. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. Something happens that contradicts what the audience or reader expects. A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 9. A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like, as, resembles or than A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. Which matches the definition of tone? A) Describing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as.". B) Describing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as.". C) The general attitude of a piece of writing. D) A collection of words that start with the same consonant sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The general attitude of a piece of writing. 11. A vaccine is a preparation of killed or weakened germs that is injected under the skin and causes the blood to produce antibodies against the disease. Effective vaccines, for instance, have been developed for small pox, rabies, and polio. What is the tone of the passage? A) Objective. B) Arrogant. C) Regretful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objective. 12. The feeling or attitude the reader receives from the characters. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 13. What is the following an example of ..... "Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low ..... " A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Parallelism. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 15. A description of an object or action that is not literal. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Which figurative language is this an example of:The bathroom was as clean as a whistle. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. "After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow." A) Imagery using touch. B) Imagery using sound. C) Example of metaphor. D) Example of hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery using touch. 18. The NAACP's sit-in was a great way to get people to think. A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective. 19. How do the marionettes represent the characters' desires? A) They symbolize the mundane aspects of their lives. B) They allude to the characters' personalities. C) They control and manipulate their relationships. D) They embody the freedom and control they seek. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They embody the freedom and control they seek. 20. "The trees listened to the rumbling beneath the volcano's surface" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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