This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 314 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 314 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct literary device for the following examples:Jumbo ShrimpBig babyPretty ugly A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 2. Narrator is not involved in the story and reveals the thoughts/feelings of only ONE character. A) Third person omniscient. B) Second person. C) First person. D) Third person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person omniscient. 3. The golden apple pie's fragrance permeated the room with warmth. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 4. A man named "Art" is an artist. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not Ironic. 5. "He tells the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 6. The gentle wind kissed my cheeks. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. When a situation turns out differently from what one would expect normally-though the twist is oddly appropriate. A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 8. She was so pretty my eyes popped out! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Hiperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. Which genre primarily focuses on recounting personal experiences and reflections of the author? A) Frame Story. B) Memoir. C) Narrative. D) Graphic Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memoir. 10. An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected. A) Characterization. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 11. She knew she would have to work hard, but Jana had always wanted to win the spelling bee. A) Main idea. B) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main idea. 12. Ben knew his friend was about to receive a check for not being prepared for class. This would have been the third day in a row he would have to stand out from recess. Ben gave the pencil to Tim. Later, Ben received a check and had to stand out from recess. A) It's hard to stand up for your friends. B) It takes courage to help your friends. C) Don't judge a book by its cover. D) Sometimes sacrifice is necessary to help others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sometimes sacrifice is necessary to help others. 13. The part of the plot that presents and develops the conflicts in the text; piques the reader's interest and develops conflict and characters A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 14. Which figurative language is an exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one could believe it? A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 15. This is a form of figurative language that uses exaggeration for effect. A) Hyperbole. B) Analogy. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Her long hair was a flowing golden river. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Description evoking the use of the five senses A) Theme. B) Adjectives. C) Flashback. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 18. Which literary device is shown here? 6 ten provincia narrat esse bellam?7 tecum Lesbia nostra comparatur? A) Rhetorical questions. B) Multi-connectors. C) Unrelated. D) Synchysis/interlocking word order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical questions. 19. The ..... meaning of words does not mean what it said.It can be connotation or the feeling / idea we give a word. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) Poetic License. D) Figure 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 20. What am I? I am a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. I often appear at the beginning of a story, or a chapter. I help the reader develop expectations about the coming events. I am known as A) Tone. B) A red herring. C) Foreshadowing. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. ← 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