This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 164 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 164 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?a) He is as tall as a tree.b) I could sleep for a year.c) She is as light as a feather.d) The book was a door to another world. A) He is as tall as a tree. B) I could sleep for a year. C) She is as light as a feather. D) The book was a door to another world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I could sleep for a year. 2. Who is telling the story, or who is narrating it (1st, 2nd, 3rd). A) Narration. B) Point of view. C) Characters. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 3. Something that represents itself and something else A) Antagonist. B) Symbol. C) Indirect Characterization. D) Round Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 4. Using something to stand for or represent something else A) Tone. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 5. The repeated use of 'v' sounds in the phrase 'vivid valleys veiled in mist' is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 6. During the Interlopers, the two men were trapped under the enormous tree. This is an example of ..... A) External Conflict. B) Diction. C) Foil. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External Conflict. 7. When an author uses descriptive language about how something sounds, that is ..... A) Gustatory imagery. B) Tactile imagery. C) Olfactory imager. D) Visual imagery. E) Auditory imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Auditory imagery. 8. 'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. The repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence or phrase. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 10. Words such as "crack", "splat", and "buzz" are examples of what? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. " ..... the men ..... flung themselves on the spit and tore into the goat meat, smearing their hands and faces with sizzling fat ..... "(5) A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 12. A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work A) Literary Device. B) Metaphor. C) Motif. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 13. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The world is a stage.'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. What is soliloquy? A) Rhyme scheme pattern. B) Character is speaking aloud for a length of their thoughts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character is speaking aloud for a length of their thoughts. 15. Asserts a correlation or resemblance between two things that are otherwise unrelated. A) Metaphor. B) Inference. C) Imagery. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. Jack and Dad walk from their house to the front gates and pay admission. The first thing they see as they enter is the house of mirrors. Cautiously, they make their way through its winding halls full of different types of mirrors. The twisted and stretched images in the mirrors make Jack laugh at his appearance. Jack and Dad agree this is a fun way to end the day! Which describes the setting of the paragraph? A) At the carnival near Jack's house in the evening. B) Before a picnic in a park in another small town. C) During a museum visit on a busy family vacation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the carnival near Jack's house in the evening. 17. The dense fog enveloped the forest, obscuring the path ahead and creating an eerie atmosphere. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual imagery. 18. When the reader knows more about the situation than a character in the story does A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 19. Which is an example of an THEME? A) Brian vs. tornadoLittle Red Riding Hood vs. WolfKatniss vs. the Capitol. B) Don't judge a book by it's cover.Anything to survive. C) The wolf to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. D) Brian's decision of whether or not to tell his parents what he knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't judge a book by it's cover.Anything to survive. 20. I loved my bestfriend yesterday, I love my bestfriend today and I love my bestfriend forever. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. ← 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