This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 370 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 370 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What figurative language is present in the statement below?"As they sat on the soft, sugary sand beach waiting for the sunset, the sinking sun shimmered on the water as the blue sky transformed into various shades of purple and pink." A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 2. First Person Point Of View is: A) The character is telling the story. B) The narrator is telling the story. C) No one is telling the story. D) Everyone is telling the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The character is telling the story. 3. When he didn't understand the instructions, the student asked the teacher to clarify them. A) Remove. B) Call. C) Explain. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explain. 4. Her eyes were as round as oranges is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Identify the word that has the more POSITIVE connotation. A) Immature. B) Youthful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Youthful. 6. What is Daddy, Grandpa Gunnar's primary hobby? A) Golfing. B) Gardening. C) Fishing. D) Playing chess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gardening. 7. This is as boring as watching paint dry. A) Euphemism. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 8. What is a theme in literature? A) A unifying idea or topic that repeats throughout a text. Usually relates to a central idea/message of the text. The overall message that an author wants to learn. B) A comparison made between two things using like or as. C) The way a writer reveals the traits and personalities of characters. D) A writer's attitude toward a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A unifying idea or topic that repeats throughout a text. Usually relates to a central idea/message of the text. The overall message that an author wants to learn. 9. What is the central message of a story? A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Irony. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 10. Her mood was so dark it blocked out the sun. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 11. When you compare two unlike things without using like or as A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. An archetype is a ..... that we find repeated over and over in literature. A) Puzzle. B) Phrase. C) Pattern. D) Formula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pattern. 13. A character who demonstrates a single quality and does not change over the course of a story A) Main character. B) Dynamic character. C) Static character. D) Character motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Static character. 14. Which definition is correct for the following term:Internal Conflict A) A disagreement or altercation within a character's mind/conscience. B) The character who goes against the main character. C) A disagreement or altercation between two or more characters. D) A contrast between what we think will happen versus what actually happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A disagreement or altercation within a character's mind/conscience. 15. Comparison using "like" or "as." It usually compares two dissimilar objects. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. What is the definition for Theme? A) An idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. B) The act of referring to something not by its actual name but by a figurative name or the name of something associated with it. C) The overall message or moral of a narrative which is intended to cause audiences to think on real-life issues or moral questions. D) Similar to atmosphere, however it focuses more on the emotional or mental feeling the author has towards certain subjects or ideas and how they express that in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The overall message or moral of a narrative which is intended to cause audiences to think on real-life issues or moral questions. 17. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'The car ran over the wagon and broke it. Now, the wagon was as flat as a pancake.'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. Actors who act in the play, list of actors. A) Dialogue. B) Cast. C) Set. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cast. 19. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"The whole world is your oyster." A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'The moon smiled down at me.'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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