This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 561 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 561 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Refers to words that imitate the sound they describe A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 2. In the sentence, "His tears were a river flowing down his face, " what two things are being compared? A) His and tears. B) A river and his face. C) Flowing and face. D) Tears and a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tears and a river. 3. "Black leather and silver studs with enough belts to hold down a small town" is an example of which literary device? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. Rainsford battles Zaroff in the jungle in "The Most Dangerous Game" A) Person v. self. B) Person v. fate. C) Person v. person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person v. person. 5. A comparison without using like or as ("life is a highway") A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. A descriptive technique that compares one thing with another, usually using 'as' or 'like'. A) Metaphor. B) Emotive language. C) Assonance. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. Writing that gives inanimate objects human characteristics A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Personification. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. Casual reference to a historical figure or event A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Setting. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 9. Which one of NOT an example of Figurative Language? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Form. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 10. Characters speak to one another A) Foreshadowing. B) Idiom. C) Conflict. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 11. To ..... something is to look for differences among two or more elements, but ..... is to do the opposite, to look for similarities. A) Contrast and compare. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrast and compare. 12. Loose sentence A) Can emphasize list of "too many" challenges or tasks that a subject must undertake/ overcome. B) A sentence structure in which amain clause is followed by one or more coordinate or subordinate phrases and clauses. C) The thought of a sentence isinterrupted by evidence or details, usually set off by a dash (2hyphens). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sentence structure in which amain clause is followed by one or more coordinate or subordinate phrases and clauses. 13. The central character of the story, often called the hero A) Antagonist. B) Dynamic character. C) Protagonist. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 14. What literary device is present in the line below?The sweet students suddenly screamed when they learned they learned they had to leave at 11:50 am. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 15. What point of view is this excerpt in: "She felt excited by the sunlight. She thought to herself that she would go outside to play some soccer before it got too late." A) Second person limited narrator. B) Third person omniscient narrator. C) First person limited narrator. D) First person omniscient narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person omniscient narrator. 16. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the attitude that an author shows towards his or her subject A) Point of view. B) Mood. C) Motif. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 17. What do we call the voice of the poem? A) The poet's name. B) Speaker. C) Voicer. D) There is not a name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 18. What is the series of conflicts or problems before the most exciting part of the story called? A) Inciting incident. B) Falling action. C) Rising action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 19. Chronological events are interrupted to go back to prior events is known as which literary device? A) Flashforward. B) Irony. C) Flashback. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 20. Which is not an example of Simile? A) The rivers and streams are even more densely covered like spider webs. B) The meeting was not as romantic as in To Vu's music. C) It was such a big funeral that even the person in the coffin had to smile. D) The Da River flows long like a lyrical hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was such a big funeral that even the person in the coffin had to smile. ← 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