This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 117 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 117 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What figure of speech is represented in the sentence "He was sweating like a race horse." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Litotes. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Select the supporting detail that doesn't fit. Topic Sentence:Candy is not a healthy treat. A) It tastes really good. B) Candy contains high amounts of sugar. C) You can find many artificial additives in candy. D) Eating too much candy can give you cavities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It tastes really good. 3. Language that appeals to the 5 senses. (Things you can see, hear, taste, smell, feel) A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Theme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 4. An example of TIME SPAN would be: A) "The Gift of the Magi" was a story about 1 day in the life of two people. B) "Do you think anyone would pay to get an imp like that back home?". C) "The Cay" is told in the 1st person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Gift of the Magi" was a story about 1 day in the life of two people. 5. A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.A form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people. A) Idiotic Language. B) Imperative Language. C) Idiomatic Language. D) Impertinent Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiomatic Language. 6. The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and audience A) Diction. B) Verbal Irony. C) Tone. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 7. When you stop the main action of a story to tell something in the past is known as ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 8. Stood Santa's sleigh A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. The earth waited for the perfect time to exact its revenge. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. A traditional story that is passed down through generations and explains why the world is the way it is ..... defines the following term A) Legend. B) Deism. C) Symbol. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 11. I have done this a thousand times. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. Use of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses in order to describe something is what? A) Metaphors. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 13. Epistolary A) A novel written as a series of documents. B) A plot that follows a straight moving, chronological order. C) The angle of vision from which a story is told. D) A sudden descent from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A novel written as a series of documents. 14. It is a causal reference to a famous/ biblical story. A) Illusion. B) Allusion. C) Delusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 15. Sarcasm is usually a type of A) Pun. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 16. "A work that symbolizes or represents an idea or event." is an A) Alliteration. B) Allegory. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 17. Definition of THEME is A) The beginning of a story. B) What the reader senses. C) The lesson for the reader. D) A problem to be solved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lesson for the reader. 18. A character that shows only a single trait is called a A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Complex character. D) Square character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat character. 19. This excerpt appeals to which sense:Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue ..... A) Sound. B) Smell. C) Sight. D) Touch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sight. 20. Complete the simile.Her ring shines like ..... A) Water. B) The sun. C) A kitten. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books