This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 324 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 324 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Figurative language is language that goes beyond the ..... meaning of the words. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) Dictionary definition. D) Both literal AND dictionary definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both literal AND dictionary definition. 2. Which literary device is this:he is a night owl A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. .... = a category system that literature falls into based on specific conventions that develop tocharacterize the differences. A) Alliteration. B) Irony. C) Genre. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 4. The repetition of consonant sounds within and/or at the end of the words is called ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 5. The bed is as hard as a rock A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 6. "She thinks he walks on water" is an example of A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 7. The return of a word, phrase, stanza, or effect in any form of literature A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 8. The intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. A) Waiting. B) Conflict. C) Suspense. D) Anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 9. What literary element is present in the line below?I am rock. I am an island! A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. When and where a story takes place A) Characters. B) Setting. C) Point of view. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 11. Which sentence is an example of a metaphor? A) You are like an owl. B) You are like a lion. C) You are fire. D) You are as sweet as a candy. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You are fire. 12. Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9, 000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.What does the author want you to learn about the passage? A) Why we can taste only sweet things. B) That we taste through our nose. C) Taste buds are found in different places. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste buds are found in different places. tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.10. 13. Which of these sentences contains a use of metaphor? A) Her eyes were sparkling sapphires. B) Her eyes sparkled like sapphires. C) Her eyes were as sparkly as sapphires. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her eyes were sparkling sapphires. 14. Which of the following is the best example for assonance? A) "How now brown cow". B) "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "How now brown cow". 15. Which sentence is a close example of a simile? (a) A) A She is as cunning as a fox. B) We can't fly. C) There is a cat in the basket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A She is as cunning as a fox. 16. When an object that stands for something greater than itself A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 17. "The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange, like color spilled from a paintbox." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. During a storytelling session, Emma described a scene saying:'The wind whispered through the trees'. Which literary device is Emma using in her description? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. The bird's chirp filled the empty night air. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 20. A lawyers closing statement emphasizing his client's high morals and good doings in the community to the jury. What is the author's purpose? Pick the best choice. A) Share. B) Convince. C) Give examples. D) Tell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convince. ← 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