This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 252 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 252 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is a sound device and the first consonant sound is repeated in several words A) Alliteration. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 2. Don't be a Scrooge! A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Pun. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. An overused phrase, such as "busy as a beaver" is called ..... A) Euphemism. B) Idiom. C) Juxtaposition. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cliche. 4. Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. A) Parallel plot structure. B) Flashback. C) Symbolism. D) Unreliable narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel plot structure. 5. Define:alliteration A) One of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning (flour and flower, our & hour). B) Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words (ex. "It beats as it sweeps as it cleans. "-Slogan for Hoover vacuum cleaners). C) The repetition of an initial consonant sound (ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.). D) Broadly, the repetition of consonant sounds; more specifically, the repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words (aka-half rhyme) (ex. Pitter Patter; rif raf; last but not least ). E) Word composed of two or more words (ex. butterfly, football, playground). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of an initial consonant sound (ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.). 6. "Pow!" "Squeak" A) Anaphora. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Epistrophe. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 7. Rainsford struggles to survive in the jungle, a harsh environment for him when he doesn't have many supplies A) Person v. person. B) Person v. environment. C) Person v. society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person v. environment. 8. The creation or construction of a fictional character. A) Characterization. B) Rhetorical questions. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 9. Giving human qualities to something that is not human. Example:Sometimes the sun smiles, the wind whispers to the trees, and the shadows of the leaves danced in the wind. The tired old car coughed and wheezed and crawled down the street. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. Your lips are like a red, red rose A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. When an animal or thing acts like a person A) Dialogue. B) Personification. C) Characters. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. Fred is already running late to work. When he gets on the highway, there is a huge traffic jam, making him even later. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not Ironic. 13. My yard was a desert after an entire month with no rain. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Paradox is a statement appearing at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense. / A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What type of figurative language is shown? Her long hair is an ocean of waves. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 16. Freedom is like religion to us. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. A (a) is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as" to highlight a resemblance. A) A simile. B) Symbolism. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile. 18. A struggle between two opposing forces A) Figurative Language. B) Conflict. C) Punctuation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 19. Write, written A) Astro. B) Geo. C) Graph. D) Meter. E) Bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graph. 20. Something tangible that represents a bigger idea A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Symbol. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. ← 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