This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 394 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 394 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An important idea woven throughout a story is called ..... A) Symbolism. B) Theme. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 2. The point of view of a story where the pronouns I or me are used when the narrator is speaking A) 3rd person point of view. B) 2nd person point of view. C) 1st person point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st person point of view. 3. Click, Clack, Boom. What are these words an example of? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 4. This is the author's implicit attitude toward the reader or the people, places, and events in a work. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Diction. D) Unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 5. A saying that doesn't mean the literal definition of the words. A) Idiom. B) Ideation. C) Idiosyncratic expression. D) Distinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 6. Rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. When you came into my life, it was the end of my winterWhat literary device has been used? A) Hyperbole. B) Flashback. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 8. "Life is like a box of chocolates" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. A personal view, attitude, or appraisal. A) Neutral. B) Opinion. C) Logical. D) Passionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 10. There are ..... types of conflict. A) 1, external. B) 2, internal and external. C) 3, internal, external, nocturnal. D) 4, internal, external, nocturnal, eternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2, internal and external. 11. His snoring is louder than a freight train barreling through his room. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. You hit the nail on the head! A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 13. "The gunshot was so loud that it was heard around the world, " is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. Example:The ice was as smooth as glass before skaters entered the rink. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. It is giving human traits or attributes to animals, inanimate objects or other non-human things. A) Antagonist. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropomorphism. 16. Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and also stands for something larger than itself, like a value, quality or belief. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 17. "The school bus wheezes to my corner" (3) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. "But the sad news is that this is the way of the world, darling ..... " A) Judgemental. B) Lighthearted. C) Impersonal. D) Poignant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poignant. 19. Read the passage and then answer the question below: "No, indeed. I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all, " [the Scarecrow] answered sadly. "Oh", said Dorothy, "I am awfully sorry for you." "Do you think, " he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?" "I cannot tell", she returned, "but you may come with me, if you like. If Oz will not give you any brains you will be no worse off than you are now." Which detail from the passage best shows us that Dorothy is caring and kind? A) "I cannot tell, " she returned ". B) ""I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all, "[the Scarecrow] answered sadly.". C) "Oh", said Dorothy, "I am awfully sorry for you.". D) "Do you think, " he asked, "if I go to the Emerald City with you, that Oz would give me some brains?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Oh", said Dorothy, "I am awfully sorry for you.". 20. I ran up a steep hill. I was very hot and exhausted. It was a long race, but I was in the lead. I knew if I could keep my pace I would be able to win the race. A) 1st person POV. B) 2nd person POV. C) 3rd person POV. D) None of above. 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