This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 40 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A story in which people, things, and actionsrepresent an idea or generalization about life;they often have a strong moral or lesson A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 2. Which one of these is an example of an allegory? A) The Lorax. B) The Watsons go to Birmingham. C) Two Kinds. D) Mom & Me & Mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lorax. 3. "the train stamps onward, " A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 4. Which are NOT one of the three types of irony? A) Dramatic (the audience knows something the character[s] doesn't). B) Verbal (sarcasm). C) Situational (the opposite of what is expected is what happens). D) Insincere (what is said is a lie). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insincere (what is said is a lie). 5. What element is NOT needed when writing your evidence? A) Quotation marks. B) Citation. C) Direct quote. D) Exclamation point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exclamation point. 6. A wise saying is also known as a A) Personification. B) Problem. C) Proverb. D) Plural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proverb. 7. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. A fact or idea stated directly. A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal Language. 9. A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work. A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Motif. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 10. A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War. What would be the author's purpose in the above statement? A) Entertain. B) Convince. C) Tell. D) Urge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell. 11. Identify the literary device in the phrase:'Time flies.' A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. Usually the shortest part of the story; follows the climax in which the pieces of the story begin to settle A) Resolution. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling action. 13. Kathy loves to capture bugs when she is outside. What word could you change bug to, and make more alliteration in the sentence? A) Butterflies. B) Dogs. C) Caterpillars. D) Lighting bugs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caterpillars. 14. Words and phrases used by the author to create "mental images" for the reader. A) Foreshadowing. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 15. What does STEAL stand for? A) Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks. B) Statements, Time, Effort, Actions, and Love. C) Solitude, Thoughts, Enthusiasm, Actions, and Loss. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks. 16. Metaphors and similes compare two things, but a simile uses ..... A) Like. B) As. C) Both like or as. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both like or as. 17. Jason is a walking dictionary. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 18. What is this an example of? "There's too many kids in the tub. There's too many elbows to scrub." A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 19. Giving a nonhuman human qualities is called ..... A) Plot. B) Characterization. C) Antagonist. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Inference. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. ← 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