This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 429 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 429 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference or suggestion to a historical or well known person, place or thing. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. The use of a person, place, word, action, and object to represent some idea or concept is ..... A) Allegory. B) Flashbacks. C) Symbolism. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 3. Kevin didn't want to do his math homework. It was as difficult as nailing jelly to a tree. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. Narrator is a character outside of the story but only knows the thoughts of one character A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person limited. 5. Which sentence contains the correct use of parenthesis?1. Green lizards (which are hard to see) sit on stones in the sunlight.2. Green lizards which are hard to see (sit on stones in the sunlight).3. (Green) lizards are hard to see when sitting on stones. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 6. The distinctive way that a writer uses language including such factors as word choice, sentence length, arrangement, and complexity, and the use of figurative language and imagery A) Style. B) Suspense. C) Humor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Style. 7. I was surprised his nose wasn't growing like Pinocchio's. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 8. Which literary device is a comparison not using like or as? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) SImile. D) Any names. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. This is a word's dictionary definition. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denotation. 10. Is there alliteration in this poem?While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping ..... A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 11. "That chocolate cake is calling my name" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity or disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 13. What literary device is most obvious in this passage? "Remember, Cinderella, " warned her fairy godmother, "you must leave the ball at midnight. If you stay later, everything will turn back as it was. Your coach will become a pumpkin again. Your gown will become rags. Promise me you will remember." "Of course, I'll remember, " said Cinderella, but as her coach carried her toward the ball, the warning was replaced in her mind with images of dancing and music. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 14. Sally and Jane show up to school wearing the exact same shirt, pants, and shoes. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not Ironic. 15. Which literary device is shown here?44 ..... inque tuo sedisti, Sisyphe, saxo. A) Unrelated. B) Polyptoton. C) Chiasmus. D) Apostrophe . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe . 16. A sentence that is a question. A) Declarative. B) Imperative. C) Interrogative. D) Exclamatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 17. Figure of speech that combines to opposing contradictory ideas A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Motif. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 18. What is the purpose of allusion in a story? A) To create suspense and build anticipation. B) To compare two unlike things using like or as. C) To reference another work of literature, history, or culture. D) To exaggerate and emphasize a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To reference another work of literature, history, or culture. 19. The third person point of view in which the author narrates the story, knows everything about the characters, and can enter anyone's mind is called: A) Third person limited point of view. B) Third person omniscient point of view. C) Third person unlimited point of view. D) Third person omnipotent point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person omniscient point of view. 20. The stairs creaked as I tried to sneak down them. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. 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