This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 186 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 186 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "It was a peaceful evening; the sky was painted deep blue and the clouds were edged with pink and gold." is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 2. Which word is a Japanese poem consisting of 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables that is about some aspect of nature? A) Limerick. B) Haiku. C) Free verse. D) Rhyme. E) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiku. 3. Allusion is a literary device in which A) The author refers to a specific event, place, person, etc. to add meaning to a description in the text. B) The author refers to past events. C) The author hints at something that will happen later in the text. D) The author's attitude is shown throughout the text through character actions and word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author refers to a specific event, place, person, etc. to add meaning to a description in the text. 4. The attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects. A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Allegory. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 5. Help me A) . B) ?. C) !. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 6. ..... s are what the work says about the thematic concept. A) Thematic concept. B) Thematic statement. C) Conflict. D) Plot structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thematic statement. 7. What is the genre of the story "Click-Clack the Rattlebag?" A) Comedy. B) Non-fiction. C) Horror. D) Romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horror. 8. This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make a point A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. She's the next Beyonce'. OR He's the next Michael Jordan. A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. Boom! Zip! Snap! Splash! A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. The use of a sound effect. (Ex:BOOM! CRASH! Chirp! Beep!) A) Double entendre. B) Iambic Pentameter. C) Sonnet. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 12. Watching people play golf is like watching grass grow. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. A new type of broom came out and it is sweeping the nation. A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 14. When the opposite of what is supposed to occur happens (reversal of expectations). A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 15. The literary device, Irony, means ..... A) The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. B) The use of words to express the literal meaning. C) The use of words to express a hidden meaning. D) The use of words to express a double meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. 16. What are the different types of irony? A) Sarcasm, coincidence, and satire. B) Metaphor, paradox, and hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing, symbolism, and allegory. D) Verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony. 17. Presents actions by starting in the middle of the rising action and tracing back to the beginning A) Chronological. B) In medias res. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In medias res. 18. "I didn't know you had a storm to weather. How can I help you feel better?" is an example of ..... A) Imagery and alliteration. B) Imagery and rhyme. C) Idiom and rhyme. D) Metaphor and imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom and rhyme. 19. A type of figurative lanuage that refers to something well known or famous such as "He is such a Romeo" . A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 20. The following is the definition of which word? A comparison using "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← 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