This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 555 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 555 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Imagine you're a poet trying to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind using words. What literary device would you primarily use? A) Imagery. B) Diction. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 2. What is an extreme exaggeration that could not possibly happen? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 3. Where the story takes place A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Exposition. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 4. Which matches the definition of personification? A) Giving human traits to animals. B) Giving human traits to non-humans. C) Giving human traits to objects. D) Giving non-human traits to humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving human traits to non-humans. 5. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." This is an example of what literary device? A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 6. The character or force that is working against the main character A) Protagonist. B) External conflict. C) Antagonist. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 7. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:Her touch sent shivers down my spine like an ice cube. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 8. "Did a shadow fall across the moon or did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? There was still the sound of leaves, a terrified, terrifying rushing. All light was gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the wind was gone, and all sound. Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing." Which words create the mood? A) Fingers touched nothing. B) A terrified, terrifying rushing. C) Suddenly the wind. D) All light was gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A terrified, terrifying rushing. 9. "His humongous heart embraced the orphans" is A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 10. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Meow'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 11. Which literary device is defined as a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true? A) Metaphor. B) Motif. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 12. Identify the alliteration in the sentence:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A) Peter Piper picked. B) Piper picked. C) Paula picked. D) Peter Piper pecked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter Piper picked. 13. When the character battles an outside force A) Internal conflict. B) Mood. C) External Conflict. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) External Conflict. 14. Which literary device is often used to provide deeper meaning to a narrative by drawing parallels between two ideas or objects? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Foreshadowing. E) Flashback tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. "There's a letter for you." "For me?" Jackson was pleased. He didn't get that much mail. "Where?" "On the coffee table." The envelope was pink. There were yellow roses on the flap. His name and address were in pencil. There was nothing to indicate danger. How does Jackson feel about the letter? A) Super excited. B) Frustrated. C) Unsure. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unsure. 16. What literary device is used in the phrase 'as brave as a lion'?a) Metaphorb) Similec) Personificationd) Alliteration A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. "Susie sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Flashback. C) Characterization. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Poem that has 5 lines based on syllables 1st line:2 syllables2nd line:4 syllables3rd line:6 syllables4th line:8 syllables5th line:2 syllablesUsually uses a lot of adjectives to describe a topic A) Couplet. B) Haiku. C) Cinquain. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cinquain. 19. Which Vocab Word Best Fits:John is a real pig when he eats. A) Ewwwwwwwww. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Hi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. We are going to have to let you go ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Anaphora. 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