This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 384 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 384 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the best definition of exposition? A) A struggle between the main character and outside forces. B) A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as". C) The main character of a story, usually the hero or heroine. D) The beginning of a story when the reader learns about background information, characters, setting, and environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The beginning of a story when the reader learns about background information, characters, setting, and environment. 2. Writers create imagery through figurative language. Which is NOT a type of figurative language. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 3. A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as" . The purpose is to give added meaning to one of the things being compared. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. Johnny went here, there and everywhere A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 5. What does point of view mean? A) The writer's acknowledgements in the back of a book. B) The visual description of a setting made by the writer. C) The reader. D) The perspective from which the narrator, speaker, or author recounts a narrative or presents information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The perspective from which the narrator, speaker, or author recounts a narrative or presents information. 6. "BANG!" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 7. Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted is the definition of A) Theme. B) Sensory Details. C) Imagery. D) Sound Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 8. These are expressions which at the surface level appear confusing and contradictory but on a deeper analysis seem to have a deeper meaning and make sense. This technique allows for understanding concepts in a non traditional and uncommon way. eg. if you don't risk anything, you risk everything. A) Paradox. B) Irony. C) Sarcasm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 9. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its actual/literal meaning A) Irony. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 10. Which of the following is used in the sentence? My friend fries french fries. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. A relationship between actions or events that explains why something happens or the result of something happening A) Effect. B) Sequence. C) Cause. D) Cause/effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cause/effect. 12. "His room was a hurricane of a mess" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 13. Joyful is an example of ..... A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 14. Which literary device is used to compare two different things using 'like' or 'as'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 15. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The thunder roared in anger'. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. A struggle, problem or issue in literature A) Conflict. B) Play/drama. C) Character. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 17. Friar:Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. This brief, memorable saying that expresses a general truth about life is called a A) Comic relief. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 18. An idea or lesson the author wants you to learn or know about a subject. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 19. We roasted marshmallows over the crackling fire. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. "The sun was a hammer in late afternoon, and it looked cooler inside the bridge." A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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