This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One fine summer day, Grasshopper was hopping about in the field. As he chirped and danced, he spied Ant carrying a big kernel of corn to his nest. Grasshopper watched as Ant came back, lifted another kernel, then carried it to the nest as well. This happened repeatedly. Finally, Grasshopper asked, "Ant, why do you work so hard on such a lovely day?""Soon it will be winter, " replied Ant. "I'm gathering food for my family. I suggest you do thesame!""Why bother about winter?" asked Grasshopper. "There's plenty of food in the fields now!"Ant remembered last winter and how deep snow had covered everything. There had been no way to get out of his anthill, let alone try to find food! Now, an even worse winter was predicted. "You'll feel differently when the big snow comes!" said Ant, as he shook his head and walked away.When winter came, Grasshopper had no food. The fields were covered with deep snow. Grasshopper was very hungry and sad, knowing that Ant had food enough because he had worked hard to prepare in advance. In this fable, the author uses flashback to have ..... A) Grasshopper remember a song he used to sing. B) Ant remember where grasshopper used to live. C) Ant remember how bad last winter was. D) Grasshopper remember where he hid seeds during the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ant remember how bad last winter was. 2. A LITERARY DEVICE THAT REFLECTS THE WRITER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT MATTER OR AUDIENCE OF A LITERARY WORK A) Fiction. B) Tone. C) Hyperbole. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 3. The stars danced in the sky. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. When a more mild or indirect word or expression is used in place of another word or phrase that is considered harsh, blunt, vulgar, or unpleasant. A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 5. What is extreme exaggeration? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Tone. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 6. There are ..... metrical feet in a verse of Dactylic Hexameter. A) 4. B) 5. C) 6. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 7. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. What is being personified? A) The sun. B) The desert. C) The people walking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 8. An object that has human/animal abilities A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. "Now I'm Four Five Seconds from wildin' And we got three more days 'til Friday." Is an example of ..... A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. "Lightening" danced across the sky" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 11. And it got her on her knees like religion A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. Which of the following is an example of imagery? A) He could hear his world crashing down when he heard the news about her. B) The blue bug bit a black bear. C) When they came out of the theater, they all agreed that the film was a waste of money; it was a waste of time and energy. D) You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He could hear his world crashing down when he heard the news about her. 14. I am the comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as. A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 15. A generalization made about a character to depict a manner that is familiar to all. A) Stereotype. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotype. 16. Science Fiction A) Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them. B) A story originally passed from one generation to another by word of mouth only. The characters are usually all good or all bad and in the end are rewarded or punished as they deserve. C) A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature, religious doctrine, or cultural belief. The gods and goddesses of mythology have supernatural powers, but the human characters usually do not. D) Writing based on real or imaginary scientific developments and often set in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing based on real or imaginary scientific developments and often set in the future. 17. "Old news" is an example of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 18. Hyperbole is an example of A) Denotation. B) Fiction. C) Dialogue. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative language. 19. The practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Symbolism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 20. What literary device is present below? Benji steeped his tea in a mug. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Paradox. D) Allusion. 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