This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 338 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 338 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, an object or a concept. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. Repetition of a vowel sound A) Speaker. B) Symbol. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 3. Select the infinitive from the sentence. I want to eat empanadillas. / Select the infinitive of the sentence. I want to eat dumplings. A) I want. B) Eat dumplings. C) I. D) To eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To eat. 4. The main or central character in a story A) Protagonist. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 5. It is the usage of sound words to create a dramatic effect. A) Symbol. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. Why did Orwell write ANIMAL FARM? A) To express admiration for Stalin. B) To call attention to Communism. C) To open eyes corrupt power. D) He was a Marxist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To open eyes corrupt power. 7. Any prose narrative that tells about things as they actually happened or that presents factual information about something A) Nonfiction. B) Narration. C) Exposition. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonfiction. 8. Uses words that appeal to the 5 senses A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Oxymoron. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 9. S.T.E.A.L. Characterization means ..... A) Stealing traits from other characters. B) An acronym for Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks. C) A method of stealing ideas from other authors. D) A technique for creating suspense in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An acronym for Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks. 10. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The flowers danced in the gentle breeze'. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Inversion A) Rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter. B) Contrary ideas expressed in a balanced sentence. C) A unit of poetic verse consisting of two successive lines. D) A play of words, often humorous, that allows for multiple meanings or applications. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rearranging the grammatical elements of a sentence in order to fit a poetic meter. 12. Janie vs. the hurricane is an example of a ..... conflict. A) Person vs. Thing. B) Thing vs. Idea. C) Person vs. Idea. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs. Thing. 13. Sheba is a very sweet dog; she is like a giant stuffed animal. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. Which literary device uses "like" or "as" to compare two things? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 15. "Would the New Jersey Legislature have passed that shameful repeal bill enabling girls of fourteen years to work all night, if the mothers in New Jersey were enfranchised? Until the mothers in the great industrial states are enfranchised, we shall none of us be able to free our consciences from participation in this great evil." A) Hypophora. B) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypophora. 16. A simile that is several lines long, used to emphasize a point. A) Greek values. B) Epic simile. C) Epithet. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic simile. 17. You were as brave as a lion. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. The posion bottle on the shelf hints at the murder to be committed later on. A) Allusion. B) Juxtaposition. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 19. The main problem in the story A) Climax. B) Inciting incident. C) Conflict. D) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 20. Which of the following is a good example of imagery? A) The dog in the crate was sleeping. B) The sparkling sun shone brightly through the glossy green leaves. C) He hung a wooden shelf above the front door. D) The floor must be walked on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sparkling sun shone brightly through the glossy green leaves. ← 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