This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 87 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition for Motifs? A) An idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. B) Words used to create an idea or mental image of something, most often found in descriptions or created through descriptive language. C) Language, words and/or expressions that have meaning beyond their literal interpretation, often used to express links between ideas, characters and concepts or subtly tie into overall themes. D) A common and/or overused expression, often found in similes and metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. 2. Comparing two things using like or asEx. "You're like a kid Enola." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. A story structured within a story A) Diction. B) Conflict. C) Foreshadowing. D) Frame device. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frame device. 4. "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better, " is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Anaphora. C) Colloquialism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 5. "My love is a rose, delicate and beautiful." In this line, love is being compared to a rose, using: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. Which literary device is defined as excessive pride or self-confidence? A) Hubris. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubris. 7. True or false:you should use direct quotes in BOTH a summary AND an analysis A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. An author's choice of words based on theircorrectness, clearness, or effectiveness A) Diction. B) Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 9. "Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe's boots broke the forest's silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket." This passage is a good example of an author's use of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 10. Identify the type of figurative language being used below-I have died everyday, waiting for youDarling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 11. The sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed A) Plot. B) Dilemma. C) Subplot. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 12. When something hints to a later event in the story A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 13. When we refer to this, we are referring to a person's weakness or the place where they are vulnerable A) Achilles' Heel. B) Bedlam. C) Catch-22. D) Crocodile Tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achilles' Heel. 14. The speaker's attitude about the subject. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. Which task did Rosa Huberman do to earn money? A) Clean floors. B) Cook. C) Polish silver. D) Laundry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laundry. 16. The use of exaggeration for effect. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. A writer's arrangement of words A) Diction. B) Language. C) Syntax. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 18. Is this imagery? They ate food A) Yes. B) No. C) No clue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 19. Which among the following is an example of a metaphor? A) Her hair is like a flowing golden river. B) Her hair is a flowing golden river. C) Her hair is so long I wanted to cut all off. D) Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her hair is a flowing golden river. 20. The PROTAGONIST is always the good person in a story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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