This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 393 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 393 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Starting several words in a row with the same letter or sound A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 2. No other alternative. A) Understatement. B) Hyperbole. C) Absolute. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute. 3. The snow was a blanket covering the ground. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Fuzzy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Quit snoopin' 'round my door You can wag your tail But I ain't gonna feed you no more" A) Road construction. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 5. A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 6. "Some issues need to be addressed like envelopes" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. The emotional response that the text is supposed to make you feel. A) Allusion. B) Mood. C) Conflict. D) Epic hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 8. Name the literary device used:Lennie Small is not physically a small man. A) Personification. B) Ethos. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 9. She was unstoppable on the soccer field, she was Buena's personal Wonder Woman. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Similarly. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. Why would an author use repetition in his/her/their writing? A) To emphasize an important idea or make the audience feel a certain way. B) To appeal to the audience's sense of smell, touch, sight, sound, and/or taste. C) To show who is telling/narrating the story. D) To represent abstract or complicated concepts and ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize an important idea or make the audience feel a certain way. 11. What is the literary device that refers to a line break that interrupts the flow of a sentence? A) End rhyme. B) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjambment. 12. A play on words; a humorous use of a word that has different meanings or of two or more words with the same or nearly the same sound but different meanings. A) Pun. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 13. Which of the following nouns is a person? A) Beach. B) Ball. C) Boss. D) Balloon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boss. 14. My love for you is as deep as the ocean. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. "Verbal Irony is where one thing is expected but the other thing is what happens" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. We have a responsibility to care for this poor lost dog. A) Appeal to emotions or values. B) Figure of speech. C) Repetition. D) Expert evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to emotions or values. 17. Characteristics about a character are revealed rather than explicitly stating them A) Direct characterization. B) Basic characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) Plot characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect characterization. 18. The person who helps the actors. A) Dialogue. B) Director. C) Props. D) Set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Director. 19. Sarcasm;"gee, thanks for spilling coffee on my new shirt" A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 20. Which of the following is an analogy? A) The sun was like a lightbulb. B) She was a lion, fierce and fearless. C) Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. D) She sells sea shells by the seashore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. ← 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