This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 509 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 509 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The lightening danced across the sky" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. The point of a text where everything changes. A) Diction. B) Conflict. C) Climax. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 3. Cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. What is Miss K's favorite color? A) Orange. B) Blue. C) Pink or purple. D) Red and green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pink or purple. 5. Comparison by saying one thing IS another thing A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. "Wee fat little shank, but nice sap when all's said and done" A) Setting. B) Characterization. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 7. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind used to make a description more vivid using like or as. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. She is pretty as a picture.This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Similarly. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similarly. 9. During a poetry session, Victor said, 'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas'. Which literary device is Victor using in his statement? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole tagsCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.5. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Describing something using the five senses A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 11. You're a ray of sunshine! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. What do shops, synagogues, Reichstags, houses, personal items, slain people, and books all have in common? A) Germans banned them. B) Germans burned them. C) Germans feared them. D) They were all part of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germans burned them. 13. Am I talking to a brick wall? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing. This line is a example of ..... A) Imagery-appeals to sense of sight. B) Imagery-appeals to sense of smell. C) Imagery-appeals to sense of touch. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery-appeals to sense of sight. 15. Why did Liesel have to go live with the Hubermann's? A) She didn't like where she was living. B) Her mother couldn't take care of her. C) Rosa was her aunt. D) She wanted to go to school in Mulching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her mother couldn't take care of her. 16. What is the conflict in Illegal? A) The travelers can't decide which boat they should buy. B) The travelers can't decide to which country they should travel. C) Nuru is arguing with the other travelers instead of collaborating to improve the situation. Also, the sellers of the boat gave the travellers an unsafe boat, with which they have to survive in the ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuru is arguing with the other travelers instead of collaborating to improve the situation. Also, the sellers of the boat gave the travellers an unsafe boat, with which they have to survive in the ocean. 17. "I thought I'd awaken to a world in mourning."What poetic device is this an example of? A) Personification. B) Mood. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. Which statement is the best answer. " What is analysis?" A) The practice of looking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole. B) A unsupported statement about a work of literature. C) A abstract statement written about a book. D) A summary of the plot of a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The practice of looking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole. 19. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. (-William Shakespeare) A) Synecdoche. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. "Mr. Fagin fiercely fought fifty-five fireflies" is an example of this literary device. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Frisson. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. ← 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