This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 502 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 502 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.Poetic device is A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things is the definition of which term? A) Satire. B) Simile. C) Synecdoche. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The ..... meaning of words is what the words actually say.It can be denotation or the dictionary meaning. A) Figure 8. B) Figurative. C) Literal. D) Poetic License. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literal. 4. A central idea of a work, or the message a writer hopes to send to the reader A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Syntax. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 5. Dear Grandma, Thank you for the new outfit and shoes. Now I am excited about the first day of school. I can't wait to wear my new outfit. I really wanted that shirt, but I didn't have enough money for it. Thanks again! I love you! ..... Mercedes Which word best describes the tone of this note? A) Embarrassed. B) Appreciative. C) Calm. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appreciative. 6. Doesn't change much in the story A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Round character. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Static character. 7. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "My papa's hair is like a broom" (6). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Giving non-human objects human-like characteristics. A) Personification. B) Characterization. C) Resuscitation. D) Humanizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. "Friday night lights are my favorite!" Dad told Justin, on the way to the football game. "When I was in school, it was my favorite time of year. Everyone in town would head to the stadium to watch our high school team. Some of my greatest memories are of those times." Justin was so excited to get to experience the game with his dad! A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 10. "He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car." Is an example of A) Allusion. B) Metonym. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 11. Which of the following uses oxymoron? A) West wind. B) Speak silence. C) Blue curtain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speak silence. 12. "I like that boom boom pow ..... " A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 13. Repetition of internal vowels A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 14. A short, typically verbal account of a funny, amusing, or interesting event or incident. A) Anecdote. B) Short Story. C) Prologue. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 15. Loud, repeating, scary and silent all refer to what? A) Location. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sound. 16. What is the definition of foreshadow? A) Giving a hint of what will happen later. B) Referring to something that happened before. C) Offering contrast to a point of view. D) Criticizing the way something is written. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Giving a hint of what will happen later. 17. An interruption in a narrative that depicts events that have already occurred, either before the present time or before the time at which the narration takes place. A) Flashback. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 18. Taylor Swift:That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles And my daddy said stay away from Juliet A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. The vowel sound is often repeated in a line or phrase. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 20. Which literary device is this:all hands on deck!! A) Synecdoche. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. ← 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