This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 147 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 147 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other. A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Symbol. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 2. Example: "There is darkness and light within all of us." A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Juxtaposition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 3. The preface or introduction to a literary work A) Epilogue. B) Prologue. C) Table of contents. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prologue. 4. "This is the best burger in this town, even in the whole country" What literary device can you spot here? A) Metanoia. B) Litotes. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metanoia. 5. When a writer gives human characteristics to non-human things, such as animals, objects, or ideas, what is this technique called? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Sophia's laughter was as melodious as a song.' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 7. Which literary device refers to the underlying message or main idea of a literary work? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Character. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 8. The rough bark of the tree scratched his skin as he climbed higher and higher. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tactile imagery. 9. Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations. A) Literary Techniques. B) Imagery. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Techniques. 10. Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved. A) Simile. B) Anaphora. C) Imagery. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 11. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.' A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Represents savagery and anarchy A) Simon. B) Ralph. C) Jack. D) Piggy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jack. 13. Being able to identify the central idea of a text shows ..... A) That you can cite evidence from the text. B) That you know how to write. C) That you understand the text. D) That you like what you are reading. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That you understand the text. 14. The wind howled in the night A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. A theme is a A) Central idea or ideas of a work of fiction or nonfiction. B) A contrast, something unexpected or contradictory. C) When something is implied, not actually stated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central idea or ideas of a work of fiction or nonfiction. 16. The part of the plot that is the fallout from the highest point of tension. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling Action. 17. A poetic device where objects are given human characteristics. A) Protagonist. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. Mood is best described as A) The emotions of the protagonist. B) How the characters respond to the problem. C) Where the story takes place. D) The emotions brought out in a reader by the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The emotions brought out in a reader by the text. 19. The connotation of the word "snake" could be danger or deceit, depending on the context. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. A narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of multiple characters. A) Omniscient Narrator. B) Mood. C) Limited omniscient narrator. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omniscient Narrator. ← 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