This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 128 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A literary device that uses objects, words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning. A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Inciting Incident. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 2. If only I could catch my dreamsand keep them in a jar.They would grow and I'd let them goto see how far they'd fly. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 3. Identify the literary device: "I expected him to turn and walk away, but there were six stinging blows on the backs of my thighs, each accompanied by a whistle of air. I could feel the welts rising even before I straightened up. " A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. The use of words that imitate the sound they describe. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Pun. C) Idiom. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. Refers to the clues an author gives to suggest what may happen later in the novel A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Foreshadowing. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 6. In the story, the monkey's paw is the best example of: A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Symbol. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 7. What is a reference made in the text to a person, historical event, mythology or religion? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. Pick the best answer:Most teenagers have a cell phone. Jackson is 15. Therefore, ..... A) Jackson's parents will buying a phone this week. B) Jackson already has a phone. C) Jackson is a teenager. D) Jackson probably has a phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jackson probably has a phone. 9. "The wind whistled through the trees." This line from a poem is an example of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 10. A statement that seems contradictory but actually makes sense A) Situational irony. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 11. Which point of view is the "preaching" style where the author is "tellling" the audience what to do? A) First person. B) Limited omniscient. C) Second person. D) Third person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second person. 12. ConventionAn accepted practice that has developed over time and is generally used and understood, for example, the use of specific structural aspects of texts such as in report writing with sections for introduction, background, discussion, and recommendations. A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 13. What is the purpose of allusion in literature? A) To introduce new characters. B) To create a connection to a cultural context. C) To confuse the readers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create a connection to a cultural context. 14. This is an interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 15. WHAT IS THIS DEVICE CALLED-it is the use of over-exaggeration to create emphasis or humor. It's not intended to be taken literally ..... Throughout the ages, it has appeared in poetry time and time again. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. Language or way of speech of a particular region of the country (ex. "It wasn't no good to pet.") is called ..... A) Dialogue. B) Characterization. C) Communication. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialect. 17. Deep down, she is really shallow.This is an example of ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 18. Which one of the following is NOT a metaphor? A) Silence is golden, speech is silver. B) Don't be such a mouse!. C) She eats like a pig!. D) He's just an old goat!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She eats like a pig!. 19. Which sentence is the best example of dialect? A) The student sat as still as a statue. B) Katherine is a bear in the morning. C) The wind whispered in the trees. D) Howdy partner! Why don't you sit for a spell?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Howdy partner! Why don't you sit for a spell?. 20. What is the term for a comparison in which non-human things are given human-like characteristics? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbol. 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