This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 523 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 523 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is this an example of?The night was dark and humid, the scent of rotting vegetation hung in the air, and only the sound of mosquitoes broke the quiet of the swamp. A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 2. Words or phrases used to entice the five senses and create a descriptive image. A) Details. B) Imagery. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 3. Consonance is ..... A) Lady, I have no idea what this word means. B) The repetition of vowel sounds within words. C) The repetition of consonants at the ends of words. D) A texts central or main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of consonants at the ends of words. 4. A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, history, sports, politics, pop culture, etc A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Assumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 5. An implied or indirect reference of another piece of literature in a story. A) Allegory. B) Tone. C) Pun. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 6. ABBA word order A) Onomatopoeia. B) Chiasmus. C) Synchesis. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 7. Dear Mrs. Collins, I absolutely LOVE your books! You are my favorite author of all time. I read The Hunger Games trilogy in one week! I want to be an author someday, and I hope that I can be as inspiring as you are.-Jayda Which word best describes the tone of this note? A) Silly. B) Relaxed. C) Adoring. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adoring. 8. On this part, the obstacles and challenges that frustrates the protagonist attempt to reach their goal. It is said to be in its ..... A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 9. Onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors are all examples of ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Symbolism. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative Language. 10. What literary device is used?"Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile/Whether Jew or gentile I rank top percentile." A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Much of the Anglo-Saxon poetry that has survived is A) Latin legends. B) Irish history. C) Roman, with Christian additions. D) Pagan, with Christian additions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pagan, with Christian additions. 12. Betty bought a bit of butter but she found the butter bitter so she bought a better butter but that butter was also bitter. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. The time and place a story occurs A) Location. B) Setting. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 14. This is a device that moves the audience from the present moment to a scene in the past A) Foreshadowing. B) Alliteration. C) Flashback. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 15. When an author provides clues as to what will happen later in the story A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 16. Sunny Sundays are super special.What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. It was so cold, I saw polar bears putting on jackets. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The stars are the eyes of the night'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. A joke using the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. A) Puns. B) Allusions. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puns. 20. Example- "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother." A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. ← 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