This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common-does use "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. What is this an example of? The stars were diamonds in the sky. A) Personification. B) Diction. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 3. What is the Setting for Marisol Doesn't Match? A) Her House. B) Recess. C) The School. D) All the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the Above. 4. The repetition of initial sounds A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Inversion. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 5. The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. What is a catalogue in literature? A) A list of items or works. B) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. C) A literary technique involving expectation and reality. D) Describes an object or action by referring to something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A list of items or works. 7. What is the most common type of literary device used in political cartoons to convey messages, according to Ranveer, Anmol and Kritvi? A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 8. In the little room in the shop, there is a 'dead flower' (page 3) A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 9. He held his helmet and took the helm to hightail to her. A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. Represents democracy and civilization A) Ralph. B) Jack. C) Simon. D) Samneric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ralph. 11. Calculus is a torture I endure daily. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. What kind of irony is situational? A) A surprise ending. B) The lesson learned. C) The action leading up to the climax. D) A character says something opposite of what he/she means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A surprise ending. 13. The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. Which sentence shows an example of a simile? A) "The paper was white.". B) "The paper was snow white.". C) "The paper was as white as snow.". D) "The snow was white.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The paper was as white as snow.". 15. Which is an example of analogy? A) The structure of an atom is like a solar system. The nucleus is the sun, and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun. B) You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard. C) He was like an ugly duckling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The structure of an atom is like a solar system. The nucleus is the sun, and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun. 16. What is the CONFLICT of a work of literature? A) The time and place of a story, play or poem. B) The series of events that make up a story. C) A struggle between two characters or opposing forces. D) Giving human characteristics of inanimate objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A struggle between two characters or opposing forces. 17. The thunder rumbled ominously in the distance, signaling an approaching storm. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auditory imagery. 18. The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas to paint an image in the reader's mind. A) Characterization. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 19. A minor theme is ..... A) An idea that appears in a work briefly. B) The same as a major theme. C) A way an author determines the setting for a literary work. D) An element of personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea that appears in a work briefly. 20. Go, now, go!/ Walk out that door! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. ← 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