This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the author explicitly says what a character is like. For example:Joe was only 4 feet tall and extremely shy. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 2. Which matches the definition of hyperbole? A) Giving human traits to non-humans. B) An outrageous exaggeration. C) Describing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". D) The narrator's position to the story being told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An outrageous exaggeration. 3. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Foreshadowing. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 4. Wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends, and leads toward the closure. A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Action. 5. A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or even through an entire poem or paragraph A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Extended metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended metaphor. 6. A direct comparison A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. Which point of view uses the word "I" ? A) 1st. B) And. C) 3rd limited. D) 3rd omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st. 8. Life is a highway. Life is a highway. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. How the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen A) Emotion. B) Tone. C) Feelings. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 10. Complete the analogy.Page is to book as tree is to ..... A) Chips. B) Car. C) Forest. D) Barl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest. 11. What is the effect of using puns in writing? A) Enhance the clarity and precision of the message. B) Create humor and add a playful tone. C) Make the writing more serious and formal. D) Create confusion and distract the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Create humor and add a playful tone. 12. The dying oak tree cried from the from the pressure of the autumn wind. What literary device is being used? A) Imagery. B) Personifiction. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personifiction. 13. What is being used here?:I've told you a million times to write your name on the paper as soon as you get it. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. "As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face." What human characteristic is being given? A) Twirling. B) Dancing. C) Flying. D) Slapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slapping. 15. This box is so heavy it weights a ton! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 16. Female parent who loves and cares for me. (Positive) A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 17. His words cut deeper than a knife. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The dove is a symbol of peace.'? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. Imagine Kai, Aiden, and Abigail are in a thrilling book club discussion. They come across a term that describes when an author uses "like" or "as" to compare two different things. What is this literary device called? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. School is boring. A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subjective. ← 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