This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 542 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 542 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The still hollow jail is an example of ..... A) Cliche. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 2. Pronouns used in second person point of view: A) She/he. B) Me/mine. C) You/yours. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You/yours. 3. Exaggerated statements that are not meant to be taken literally A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Your heart is as soft as a rock in the mountain A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 5. The spicy curry set his mouth on fire, leaving a burning sensation that lingered. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gustatory imagery. 6. Which word(s) is an example of dialect? The smilin' singer was singin' "Over the Rainbow" for the King of England in the throne room. A) Smilin' singer. B) "Over the Rainbow". C) For the King. D) In the throne room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smilin' singer. 7. Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas and is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency. A) Theme. B) Irony. C) Repetition. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 8. Using the 5 senses to describe (touch, taste, smell, sight, sound) A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 9. Literary Techniques A) Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations. B) The author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work and allow the reader to imagine the scene more clearly. C) A word that describes a noun e.g Happy, red, terrifying. D) A word that describes how, when, where or how much an action takes place e.g Gently, now, here, very. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations. 10. "Pray you, be gentle with my scabbard here ..... / "She'll put her tongue out at you presently!" (from Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac) A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. The turning point of the story-usually where something drastically changes for the main character A) Rising action. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 12. The ocean beckoned Mary to enter its emerald green waters. A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. When a poet deliberately writes a sentence in a grammatically unusual way. A) Imagery. B) Assonance. C) Tone. D) Poetic Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetic Inversion. 14. Which of the following is the best definition of symbolism? A) Words that change the meaning based on the context in which they are used. B) Object, persons, sounds, or events that have conventional meanings and specific connotations. C) When a visual item, sound, person, or event represents an abstract idea different from the literal meaning. D) A literary device in which the sound of the poem is used to add another layer of meaning to the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When a visual item, sound, person, or event represents an abstract idea different from the literal meaning. 15. What literary device is present below? The chair let out a cry when Mr. Ordway sat in it. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. The position or positions from which a literary work is told to the reader is ..... A) Plot. B) Style. C) Point of view. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 17. An object or moment that has a deeper underlying meaning within a text is called ..... A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 18. The coolness of the nightRefreshes my skinThe stars shine so brightCausing me to grin A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 19. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'Time flies'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. The method of narration used in a story; who is telling the story (perspective) A) Tone. B) Point of view. C) Inference. D) Allusion. 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