This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 160 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 160 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Human qualities attributed to an animal, object, or idea. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. Which is NOT an example of alliteration from the book? A) Complete calamity. B) Fluted flight feathers. C) Barking booming. D) Musky dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Musky dark. 3. Is this an example of imagery? "They ate food." A) Yes. B) No. C) No clue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 4. Part of the story in which the problem(s) is moving toward a solution and major action comes to a satisfying end (usually) A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling action. 5. 'Shape poetry' is a type of poem whose visual appearance matches the topic of the poem. A) Rhyming Poem. B) Limerick. C) Sonnet. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concrete. 6. Cra-sack! Whumph! The beam broke and fell on them. A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 7. What list of terms are classified as figurative language? A) Smell, Hear, See, Touch, Taste. B) Soft Sounds, Assonance, Onomatopoeia, Cadence, Rhythm. C) Simile, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Metaphor, Personification, Allusion. D) Square, Triangle, Rectangle, Circle, Oval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Metaphor, Personification, Allusion. 8. Visually descriptive figurative language A) Imagery. B) Cliche. C) Pun. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 9. Character that does not change throughout the course of the story; no transformations or important life lessons A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Static character. 10. Language that is used to convey something that is different from the literal dictionary definition of the word A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 11. Topic of a haiku. A) Silly. B) Tells a Story. C) Nature. D) Anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature. 12. A phrase that means something completely different from what it sounds. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 13. You scared the devil out of me. I thought I was going to die. A) Flashback. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. This type of figurative language is used when words imitate the actual sound(s) made by the action or event. Examples include "clang" and "whoosh." A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 15. To warn or indicate an event before it happens (a clue) A) Personification. B) Foreshadowing. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 16. An animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities. A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 17. The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 18. My friend Michelle says that at her school, French fries and pizza are options in the cafeteria every single day of the week (Chen). A) Anecdotal. B) Factual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdotal. 19. When the protagonist has an epiphany. A) Conflict. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 20. The person telling the story is the ..... A) Jackson. B) Narrator. C) Richard. D) Main character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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