This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 94 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 94 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. But the queen had long been suffering from severe anxiety A) Anaphora. B) Metonymy. C) Synchesis. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synchesis. 2. A hint of what is to come in a literary work; giving hints or clues to the future of the story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 3. A character affected by the events of the story. These characters are usually fully developed in terms of personality. A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Flat characters. D) Round characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Round characters. 4. When the author gives clues or hints about what might happen later in a story ..... A) Flashback. B) Tone. C) Cliffhanger. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 5. DEFINITION:What is symbolism? A) Language that uses a real-life object to represent a deeper idea. B) Language that compares two things using like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language that uses a real-life object to represent a deeper idea. 6. The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Formal Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. Language appealing to a reader's senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and sound to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture for a reader A) Metaphor. B) Figurative language. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 8. The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. The opponent of the main character ..... someone who gets in their way. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Villian. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 10. All the tongue twisters are an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. Is built in rising action through the use of conflicts and struggles. A) Suspense. B) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 12. What is the term for when something is said that is the opposite of what is meant? A) Verbal Irony. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 13. What is the Theme of a story? A) The end, solution. B) The lesson learned. C) Time, place, mood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lesson learned. 14. Reference A) A list of sources that are used to create a text. B) To refer to something. C) A source of information; the act of mentioning. D) To make an inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A source of information; the act of mentioning. 15. The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes:Boom, buzz, hiss A) Rhyme. B) Refrain. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. Attention, attention school. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 17. To make a point or to make you remember A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Repetition. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 18. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "She's as bright as the sun" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The moon was a ghostly galleon'? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Epistrophe A) Last words of a phrase repeated at the end of following phrases. B) Similarity of structure of words in successive phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last words of a phrase repeated at the end of following phrases. ← 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