This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 250 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 250 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The fog crept in on little feet. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. A play on words; sometimes on different senses or sounds A) Pun. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 3. Uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next A) Suspense. B) Satire. C) Mood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 4. Identify the tone of the passage:"Lana paced up and down the hall, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope." A) Joyful. B) Anxious. C) Depressing. D) Excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anxious. 5. When the story is told from a character's point of view; you will see pronouns like "I, me, we, etc." A) First person POV. B) Second person POV. C) 3rd person limited POV. D) 3rd person omniscient POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person POV. 6. "My alarm yelled at me this morning." Which literary device is used here? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Which of these is an example of metaphor? 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: D) The grass was a soft, plush carpet. 9. Bob and Sally got into an argument. Sally accused Bob of cheating with Jane. Bob and Jane were able to prove that they were not cheating. As a result, Sally apologized to Bob and Jane. Of what type of conflict is this an example? A) Man vs. self. B) Man vs. society. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. man. 10. A word or phrase that is not formal; slang. A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colloquialism. 11. A news segment features a city-wide donation to the food shelf to combat local poverty and hunger. This is an example of which text structure type? A) Problem & solution. B) Cause & effect. C) Compare & contrast. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem & solution. 12. Rufus smiles as wide as the ocean. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. What is the most intense part of the story? A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 14. A repeated theme is called a A) Motif. B) Subplot. C) Style. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 15. The literal meaning A) Descriptive language. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 16. A narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character A) Limited narrator. B) Point of view. C) Irony. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited narrator. 17. Poem made of 3 lines where the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. It has no rhyme scheme or meter. A) Narrative. B) Free verse. C) Limerick. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haiku. 18. Verisimilitude A) The atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work. B) An object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction. C) The central or dominant idea behind the story; the most important aspect that emerges from how the book treats its subject. D) The use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The use of realistic elements to make literature appear truthful or accurate. 19. Epics open in medias res or in the middle of the action, and we learn of past events through flashbacks. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. "I'm a BARGAIN shopper" vs. "I'm a CHEAPSKATE." A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. ← 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