This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The wind whistled a happy tune as I walked along the hard mountain trail." What human characteristic is given to the wind? A) Whistling. B) Happiness. C) Walking. D) Hiking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whistling. 2. He is a night owl. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. Onomatopoeia is a word that ..... the sound it represents. A) Destroys. B) Imitates. C) Understands. D) Analyzes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imitates. 4. The 5th metrical foot in a verse of Dactylic Hexameter is almost always a ..... A) Dactyl. B) Spondee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dactyl. 5. What is the concept of creating mental images through descriptive language? A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Flashback. E) Foreshadowing tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 6. Kisses are the flowers of affection. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. The repetition of the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer A) Metaphor. B) Juxtaposition. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 8. An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 9. This is the word choice the author or speaker uses in a literary piece of work A) Voice. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 10. What is the purpose of Direct Address in writing? A) To create tension. B) To address an abstract entity. C) To use casual language. D) To interrupt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To address an abstract entity. 11. The leading character struggles with his or her physical strength against other characters, forces of nature, or animals. A) Character vs. Circumstances. B) Character vs. Society. C) Character vs. Person. D) Character vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character vs. Person. 12. A figure of speech in which two opposite idea are joined to create an effect A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Malapropism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 13. A character that changes A) Iambic pentameter. B) Static character. C) Dynamic character. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic character. 14. A reference to history, literature, the Bible, or mythology A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Verbal irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 15. Trust me, I've been a forensic investigator for ten years and my judgment has never been wrong. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethos. 16. Getting into Harvard is my Mount Everest A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 17. An arrangement of a certain number of lines forming a division in a poem A) Sentence. B) Stanza. C) Paragraph. D) Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 18. Which of the following would be an example of hyperbole? A) The long bridge went on forever. B) The old bridge creaked and cracked. C) The bridge went through a rough rocky road. D) The bridge was important to the city. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The long bridge went on forever. 19. An overstatement or exaggeration that should NOT be taken seriously A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 20. The dress Amanda wore at the party yesterday was pretty ugly. A) Paradox. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. ← 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