This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 559 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 559 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sky became an ocean of color and sounds. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. The perspective or attitude that an author develops with regards to a specific character, place, or development. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 3. The opposite of what is meant or expected A) Irony. B) Hysteron proteron. C) Hyperbole. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 4. Narrator knows EVERYTHING, but does not include themselves in the story A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person omniscient. 5. She failed the exam. She cried a river. A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 6. The central idea or concept of a story A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 7. How does a political cartoon use satire to critique political figures, engaging students like Ajinkya, Rabbani and Soham? A) By using symbolism and metaphor to convey a message. B) By employing irony and satire to critique political figures. C) By utilizing caricature and exaggeration to make a point. D) By incorporating humor and wit to engage readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By employing irony and satire to critique political figures. 8. "There were a million replies that popped into her head." is an example of a ..... A) Similarly. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. Emotional, emotive, ardent, vehement. A) Opinion. B) Neutral. C) Logical. D) Passionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passionate. 10. The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree. A) Literal language. B) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal language. 11. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, A) Rhyme. B) Assonance. C) Dysphemism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 12. Bonus Question for Mrs. McAuliffe's students:WHO is the narrator in the O. Henry story "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog?" Take a guess if you do not know this story ..... A) The man in the tavern. B) The dog. C) The "fat lady". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dog. 13. The use of multimedia enhances the teaching of lessons and aims to ..... who are engaged in Online Distance Learning. A) Further confuse learners. B) Further educate learners. C) Further waste learners' time. D) Further entertain with computer gaming world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Further waste learners' time. 14. The direct comparison of two unlike things whith the intent of giving added meaning to them. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth means ..... A) He was born to a rich family. B) He was born hungry. C) He was born with teeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was born to a rich family. 16. SImile:element or technique? A) Literary element. B) Literary technique. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary technique. 17. A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature (i.e. She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa) A) Allusion. B) Verbal Irony. C) Denotation. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 18. In the sentence 'The car engine coughed and sputtered', what literary device is being used? A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 19. This resort looks like the Garden of Eden A) Personification. B) Consonance. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 20. What is the best mood of this line from Paperwick Papers by Charles Dickens? "The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on." A) Happy and excited. B) Peaceful and calm. C) Somber and depresses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peaceful and calm. ← 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