This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 515 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 515 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... of a work is from which point of view the work is told. A) Perspective. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspective. 2. Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again (Simon & Garfunkel) A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. Which literary device is used in this example?The car brakes screamed all through the journey. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. Definition-a feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning Example- "Susie is very blue." A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 5. But a better butter makes a batter better. What is the literary device used in the sentence? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 6. "The flowers were begging for water" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples:hiss, buzz, swish, crunch A) Onomatopoeia. B) Free verse. C) Satire. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 8. The way and manner in which the events or incidents narrated in a literary work are arranged is referred to as: A) The plot. B) The conflict. C) The novel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The plot. 9. Which literary device refers to the use of an object, person, situation, or word to represent something else? A) Imagery. B) Denotation. C) Theme. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 10. A large bucket of fluffy, crunchy, butter drenched popcorn is an example of ..... ? A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Irony. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 11. Hints or clues an author provides at the beginning of a story to create interest and build suspense. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Symbol. D) Forwhadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forwhadowing. 12. What happens in the falling action? A) You are introduced to the conflict. B) The setting is described in detail. C) Events begin to calm down after the climax. D) It is the exact same as the rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Events begin to calm down after the climax. 13. 1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person are types of A) Characterization. B) Conflict. C) Point of view. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 14. Keep your mouth closed and your eyes open. The device used here is A) Tone. B) Rhetorical question. C) Antithesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 15. "I told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Hyperbully. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. The boat wobbled wildly with the waves. A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Zoomorphism. D) Pathetic fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. The cave of Dido the leader and Trojan the same A) Chiasmus. B) Multi-connectors. C) Hyperbaton. D) Synchesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 18. Which word set contains only mood words A) Light-hearted, sincere, mysterious. B) Mysterious, creepy, honest. C) Eerie, mysterious, suspenseful. D) Sincere, heart felt, playful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eerie, mysterious, suspenseful. 19. Bob and Sally got into an argument. Sally accused Bob of cheating with Jane. Bob and Jane were able to prove that they were not cheating. As a result, Sally apologized to Bob and Jane. What is the resolution of this conflict? A) Bob and Sally got into an arguement. B) Sally got mad at Bob and Jane. C) Sally apologized. D) Bob and Jane proved that they were not cheating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sally apologized. 20. The narrator in the story says, "I, myself, me ..... " A) 1st person. B) 3rd person. C) Omniscient/3rd person. D) Limited/3rd person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. ← 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