This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means: "consciously and intentionally; on purpose" ? A) Solace. B) Deliberately. C) Hierarchy. D) Muted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deliberately. 2. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The zombie herd was Goliath battling the tired townspeople.'? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 3. Click the button. "Click" is an example of ..... A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 4. This thing just blinked once and kept staring. A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 5. In the phrase 'The moon is a silver coin', which literary device is being used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. Nice wheels. All hands on deck. A) Elegy. B) Synecdoche. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 7. "What wealth the show to me had brought"How many literary devices are there in the sentence? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 8. The children played in the cold snow until their cheeks were like roses. This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) A simile. C) A metaphor. D) The idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A simile. 9. "Watching the show was like watching grass grow" is an example: A) Mataphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- " A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Illusion. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 11. Contrast between appearance and reality; when one thing is expected and the exact opposite occurs A) Idiom. B) Tone. C) Pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 12. "My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 13. The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. The array of motions and ideas suggested by a word in addition to its dictionary definition. A) Connotations. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotations. 15. A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person A) Hyperbole. B) Exaggeration. C) Help me. D) Cliches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Help me. 16. ..... characterization is when the writer comes right out and tells the reader about the character. A) First Person. B) Indirect. C) Direct. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct. 17. I can reach out high to the stars. What is the literary device used here? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. The rowboat slipped from the bankthen, silently, and flided out, tall watergrasses whispering away from itssides, releasing it A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. "Wolves." (The last sentence in the Interlopers) shows which type of conflict? A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Self. C) Man vs. the Unknown. D) Man vs. Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Nature. 20. What literary device is being used in the phrase 'The silence of the night whispered secrets to me'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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