This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 232 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 232 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is an example of exaggeration (hyperbole)? A) The leaf raced like a speedboat across the top of the water. B) Harriet spends all day fixing her hair. C) The clouds danced across the sky. D) The grass was a soft, plush carpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harriet spends all day fixing her hair. 2. Figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike objects using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Simplification. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. When the author subtly hints at something that is going to happen later in the text A) Tone. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 4. Characters, objects, or events that have an abstract, or figurative meaning (stands for something else)Ex. George and Lennie's dream represents their freedom and wealth. A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 5. What literary device was used in the following example, " ..... the blinds were drawn & the fire burned brightly. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Foreshadowing. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 6. A scene that takes place before a story begins A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 7. "My instep arch not only keeps the ache, / It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round./ I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend." A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 8. What literary devices is this?Saying "roses" instead of "flowers" A) Word Choice. B) Tone. C) Details. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word Choice. 9. A figure of speech with contradictory terms or opposite terms appear A) Pun. B) Consonance. C) Imagery. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 10. A hint beforehand that something is going to happen. A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 11. Which definition is correct for the following term:Imagery A) The moral or lesson the author communicates through the story's plot. B) When the author uses descriptive language to "paint a picture" in the reader's mind. C) The feeling readers get from reading; the overall atmosphere, or feeling, of the story. D) An object that stands as a reference to something else, usually the Bible or Greek/Roman mythology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the author uses descriptive language to "paint a picture" in the reader's mind. 12. What is the author's attitude towards Jody? A) Judgmental. B) Loving. C) Sympathetic. D) Jealous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Judgmental. 13. Is a type of literary device where an author ridicules specific people, groups or some aspect of society A) Symbol. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. 14. In which of the examples below would you most likely find an alliteration? A) A non-fiction novel. B) Lyrics in a song. C) A "How to" book. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lyrics in a song. 15. The perspective from which a story is told. / La perspectiva desde la que se cuenta una historia. A) Conflict. B) Point of view. C) Genre. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 16. "The specific feeling of a specific people at a specific time" is the ..... A) Setting. B) Milieu. C) Character. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milieu. 17. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the central idea of a literary work A) Theme. B) Climax. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 18. What word modifies an action or state of being? A) Adjective. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 19. I've been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill A) Cliche. B) Pun. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 20. The writers usually emphasize a point in a funny manner. However, it is an exaggeration. A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. ← 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