This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 107 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 107 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define:verb A) Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words (ex. fuzzy, colorful, five, big). B) Asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. C) Replaces another noun or pronoun. D) Modify a verb. E) Person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. 2. "Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again ..... " (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence)is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Juxtaposition. C) Anaphora. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 3. What term means:A comparison of two things using "like" or "as" ? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action A) Plot device. B) Catastrophe. C) Motivation. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motivation. 5. This is an example of which literary device? Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild WestA state that's untouchable like Eliot Ness A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. The following is an example of a ..... "The man in that house." A) Complete sentence. B) Run-on sentence. C) Sentence fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence fragment. 7. Which would be the best symbol for money? A) A key. B) A suitcase. C) A dollar sign. D) A brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dollar sign. 8. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:The baby played happily with its toy. A) Baby. B) Played. C) With. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happily. 9. A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two subjects, using either LIKE or AS A) Apostrophe. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. I feel like making melodies in my heart. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story) struggles to come to terms with who he really is as opposed to who he thinks he is. This is an example of: A) Person vs self conflict. B) Indirect characterization. C) Dramatic irony. D) Person vs Person conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs self conflict. 12. Which of the following best describes the THEME of a work of literature? A) The time and place of a story, play or poem. B) Something in a work of literature that stands for something else. C) The vantage point of a story. D) The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals. 13. The main character's chief opponent in a narrative. A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Conflict. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 14. The figurative comparison of one thing to another using like or as is ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Example:My brother's exploded to the moon when he saw the wrecked car. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. A complex character that is intricately involved in the plot and reacts to the action A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Dynamic character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 17. Which of the following is:Speaker uses he/she/they; told by a narrator who is "all-knowing, " so they know all of the character's thoughts and feelings, though they are not a character in the text themselves. A) First. B) Second. C) Third limited. D) Third omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third omniscient. 18. What is the BEST definition of TONE? A) The attitude of a silent character. B) The atmosphere created by the scene. C) The attitude of the speaker. D) The attitude of the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The attitude of the speaker. 19. Is imagery when you put an image in the readers mind? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. Where future events in the story are suggested before they happen. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Symbolism. 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