This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 427 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 427 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the following an example of ..... "My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around ..... " A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 2. Aiden, James, and Michael are having a debate. They are discussing about the purpose of an author when they write a piece of literature. Can you help them figure it out? A) To entertain. B) To inform. C) All of the above. D) To persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 3. Chuck struggling with his identify within the family. A) Characterization. B) Symbolism. C) Internal conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal conflict. 4. Which of the following is not an alliteration? A) Erin cooked cupcakes in the kitchen. B) The lion licked his lips. C) The tank ran everything over. D) She happily helped Henry hang up the decorations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tank ran everything over. 5. Get ready; get set; go A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Oxymoron. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 6. The use of hints or clues as to what will happen later in the story A) Imagery. B) Setting. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 7. In the movie Shrek, he has to go to a tower and rescue and princess from a dragon. This is playing on the idea of a handsome prince coming to the rescue. This idea is as example of ..... A) Allegory. B) Archetype. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 8. An object, person, or event that represents an idea or set of ideas A) Analogy. B) Mood. C) Forshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 9. Which literary device is shown here?638 submissoque humiles intrarunt vertice postes, A) Golden line. B) Unrelated. C) Chiasmus. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golden line. 10. Patricia cried about it for hours but said that he didn't care at all. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 11. In a story, if something hints that something will happen later, what is this called? A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 12. He, she, it, they A) 1st person point of view. B) 2nd person point of view. C) 3rd person point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd person point of view. 13. Personification is when we give human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects. An example is: A) My dog sat on the couch. B) The wind blew at night. C) Ms. McCallum heard that piece of pie calling her name after Thanksgiving dinner. D) The student dropped their book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ms. McCallum heard that piece of pie calling her name after Thanksgiving dinner. 14. An object, person, place or action that "stands for" or represents something else A) Archetype. B) Symbol. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 15. Changing "the boy looked at the girl" to "the boy's longing gaze at the girl was not reciprocated" is an example of ..... A) Diction. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Syntax. E) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntax. 16. It broke my heart to lose the bell A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. "All of Mica, it seemed, emptied out and headed for the game" (69).(1 answer) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hyperbole. 18. During the final battle in Beauty and the Beast, Cogsworth dresses up like Napoleon Bonaparte, a famous historical figure. This is an example of: A) Antihero. B) Foil. C) Allegory. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 19. Which device is "descriptive language that appeals to the five senses" ? A) Idiom. B) Sensory language. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory language. 20. Define Pun and select the example: A) The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. Example:What kind of shorts do clouds wear? Answer:Thunderwear. B) Something that is funny and contradictory at the same time. Example:The Lion played with the frog before he ate it. C) A joke that is used to advocate on social justice issues. D) Something that Mr. Shaan says on Friday Funnies and we laugh cause he is so humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. 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