This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 242 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 242 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The trees in Salem kept all of its' residents secrets.'? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. The emotional atmosphere experienced by the reader through the words and description A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Dialogue. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 3. Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. A) Rhyme. B) Contrast. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 4. The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot A) Diction. B) Irony. C) Figurative language. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 5. "Bam!", "Bark!", "Chirp!", and "Zoom!" are all examples of what literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 6. A contradiction between what a character believes and what an audience or reader knows to be true. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Free Verse. C) Iambic Pentameter. D) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony. 7. The sunshine wakes the clouds like a trumpet in the sky ..... A) Silence. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. In the passage from the Bible, "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17), which literary device is used? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 9. "And no one dared disturb the sound of silence." A) Oxymoron. B) Repetition. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. Alejandro was waiting for his turn at the school cafeteria. He felt like he was standing in line forever. What literary device is being used here? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move while the audience is aware A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 12. What is a common misunderstanding for consonances A) That they are alliterations. B) That they are in many poems. C) That they have to rhyme. D) That they don't have to be in any language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That they are alliterations. 13. A character that is used to speak author's own thoughts. A) Another self. B) Ghost Writer. C) Omniscient NarratorShow answersExplanationPreviousNext. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Another self. 14. Which of following is an extended metaphor.? A) The sign told me to "go"!. B) Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get. C) I have never loved anyone as much as I love you, and I will love you forever. D) Don't be a chicken!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your going to get. 15. What word best describes the mood of this passage ..... The Christmas tree glittered with glass decorations and sparkling lights. The house smelled of gingerbread and vanilla and the sound of laughter came from the kitchen A) Depressing. B) Festive. C) Tragic. D) Uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Festive. 16. "Sammy the snake slithered" is an example of what? A) Allusion. B) Assonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. What is foreshadow? A) A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. B) Before the character is seen you see their shadow. C) Too scary to mention. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. 18. How is a comparison made when using a metaphor? A) Using 'as' or 'like'. B) By exaggerating a point to make emphasis. C) Referring to the past tense. D) Stating that one thing is the next to show likeness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stating that one thing is the next to show likeness. 19. Which of the following is used in the sentence? The cafeteria is a jungle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Cassy happily whacked apples to Adam A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Imagery. 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