This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A picture in your head. A) Apostrophe. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 2. A reference to someone in history, literature, or the Bible that creates a mental picture A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 3. The effect of the words and images on the audience A) Diction. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 4. The comparison of one thing to another using like or as. A) Motif. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 5. "I sang like a bird" is an example of a ..... A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 6. Science dealing with the order of celestial bodies A) Astronomy. B) Astrogeology. C) Astrology. D) Astrography. E) Astronautics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomy. 7. True or False:all 4 nonfiction text structures (problem & solution, compare & contrast, cause & effect, sequence)-can occur in fiction, as well. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The story of a person's life written by anotherperson A) Biography. B) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 9. What is the pronoun used for synthetic personalisation? A) He. B) I. C) They. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You. 10. When the reader learns about a character through a description in the text. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 11. "I was working as a cashier in a grocery store. The customers were usually friendly, but one sticks out in my mind. She spat her mean words fast and they were meant to hurt like a deep cut." (this is an example of ..... ) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Which literary device involves a character speaking to another character or characters? A) Dialogue. B) Elegy. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 13. Which of the following is an example of onomaopoeia? A) The snaked hissed. B) The cat sat on the mat. C) The wind murmured through the trees. D) His eyes were like stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The snaked hissed. 14. This is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing A) Poem. B) Poetry. C) Prose. D) Psalm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose. 15. In a literature class, Lily was asked to identify the literary device in the sentence:'The world is a stage.' A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Which of the following refers to the use of words that imitate sound or suggest their meaning? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 17. "The blacksmith's shop, the mill, the church, the stores were hunched." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. Interrupts the chronological order of the story A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 19. Nowadays people have chosen to drive Chevy trucks because they have won safest vehicle every year. A) Logos. B) Anaphora. C) Ethos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 20. Who is the famous Greek author of fables? A) Aristotle. B) Socrates. C) Aesop. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aesop. ← 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 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books