This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 259 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 259 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight Not a footprint to be seen A kingdom of isolation, And it looks like I'm the queen. The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried!" Is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Allitertation. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 2. "On our last morning in Marshfield the doorbell rang at nine o'clock. When I opened it, I saw Andy, Steve, and Larry standing together. " What point of view is the story told in? A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Person. 3. What is the tone at the end of TEWWG? A) Hateful. B) Hopeful. C) Apathetic. D) Depressing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hopeful. 4. The basic sections of a play. A) Acts and Scenes. B) Dialogue. C) Stage Direction. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts and Scenes. 5. End of the story where loose ends are tied up A) Resolution. B) Main idea. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 6. " Pursuing Stick ", is which of the following literary device? A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Transferred Epithet. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transferred Epithet. 7. "Don't try nothin' 'cause I got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!" contains: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 8. A pattern of rhyming words in a poem (aabbcc) A) Stanza. B) Rhyme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme Scheme. 9. The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together A) Analogy. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 10. My room is a disaster zone. A) Construction it happening in my room. B) My room is clean. C) My room is messy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My room is messy. 11. The sequence of events that make up a story, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Symbol. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 12. "I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost falling, coughing and sobbing for breath." is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. What is the term for a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor? A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. In the poem, "halfway home #2" Jackie wishes she had more time to do what? A) Explain her life in the city to her grandmother. B) Talk about her father. C) Make new friends. D) Describe her new home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain her life in the city to her grandmother. 15. Epigraphs A) Reference to famous people, places, events, or ideas in history or literature. B) Quotations used at the beginning of a speech to hint at the speech's theme. C) When the same words or phrases are used 2 or more time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quotations used at the beginning of a speech to hint at the speech's theme. 16. When there's a punctuation mark within a line of poetry to indicate a pause A) Tone. B) Allusion. C) Cesura. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cesura. 17. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. This is an example of ..... ? A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. If I don't get that smart phone I will die! A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. The distinctive handling of language by an author. A) Style. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 20. Man vs. man can be described as ..... A) A fight. B) Internal conflict. C) Two male characters that oppose each other. D) Any two characters that oppose each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any two characters that oppose each other. ← 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