This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 405 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 405 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does symbolism mean? A) An object with more than one meaning. B) Person, place, thing or event with a deeper meaning we have given to it. C) To not be superficial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person, place, thing or event with a deeper meaning we have given to it. 2. The leaves danced in the wind. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. Which device is defined as the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next? A) Repetition. B) Enjambment(Run-on Lines). C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjambment(Run-on Lines). 4. A suggested comparison between two unlike objects A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Point of VIew. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. The same letter sounds are used at the beginning or end of the word. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 6. Which means "a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority?" A) Dilapidated. B) Muted. C) Hierarchy. D) Solace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hierarchy. 7. When words that START with the same sound are used repeatedly in a sentence, it is called ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. Read the passage and determine its text structure! The term Amnesia refers to complete or partial memory loss. Almost all of us will experience some form of Amnesia in our lives, even if it's just a simple case of verbal amnesia, like forgetting someone's name. Fortunately, there are things that you can do to prevent amnesia. Here is a list of foods that you can eat to improve your memory:almonds, walnuts, bananas, honey, apples, and black pepper. Though these foods may not reverse post-traumatic amnesia, they should improve your memory in daily life if you eat them regularly enough. A) Compare and Contrast. B) Cause and Effect. C) Sequential. D) Problem and Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Problem and Solution. 9. The definition of foreshadowing is: A) When someone intentionally says the opposite of what they really mean. B) A reference to something that is famous or well-known, such as political figures or events, religious figures or events, literary works, or pop culture. C) A reference to something well-known to the audience (historical, biblical, cultural, or literary). D) A warning or hint of something to come. E) When the audience knows something a character or characters do not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A warning or hint of something to come. 10. An ..... is his/her reason for or intent in writing. A) Author's purpose. B) Teacher's purpose. C) Doctor's purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's purpose. 11. (n.) a feeling or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing A) Subject. B) Syntax. C) Tone. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 12. The author builds anticipation and anxiety for what is to come: A) Conflict. B) Suspense. C) Dramatic irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspense. 13. She thought back to when she was young and life was simple ..... A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Rhetorical question. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 14. The book The Lord of the Flies can be considered an allegory. An allegory can best be defined as ..... A) A writing that is non-fiction in nature. B) Repeating sounds at the beginning of each sentence. C) Two words which sound alike but aren't spelled the same. D) A writing which has an underlying meaning or message, such as a moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A writing which has an underlying meaning or message, such as a moral. 15. What is the definition for Red herring? A) The purposeful over-exaggeration of a statement in order to create a more intense or over-the-top effect. 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) A disconnect between what is said and what is meant, usually with the words said having a second insulting, humorous or satirical meaning. D) A clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting. 16. Their headmaster was omnipresent, as he seemed to be all around the school all the time. A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Euphemisms. D) Tautology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 17. It is words or lines with repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of the words. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. What does the word "Ethical" mean? A) A good excuse for getting out of doing something. B) The right way to finish a computer game. C) Doing something for the first time. D) Questioning of what is good and bad OR right and wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questioning of what is good and bad OR right and wrong. 19. Which kind of narrator does not know all of the information, thoughts, or emotions? A) Omniscient narrator. B) Third person narrator. C) Limited narrator. D) Ironic narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limited narrator. 20. What's the definition of alliteration? A) The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. B) The repetition of vowel sounds. C) A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. ← 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