This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 432 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 432 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects A) Personification. B) Tone. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. "When he saw dark figures in front of him on the path, he knew trouble might be just ahead!" A) Metaphor. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 3. "The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood, " is an example of which literary device? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. Mankind, man A) Anthrop/o. B) Meter. C) Nom. D) Path. E) Phil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthrop/o. 5. Life is box of hot chilli peppers. A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. A word that looks and is spelled like the sound it makes. A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Sensory language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. When a writer compares two things without mentioning one of them, we call it a(n) ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Implied Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implied Metaphor. 8. Pronouns used in first person point of view: A) I/me. B) She/he. C) You. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I/me. 9. Saturday Night Live is mostly satire A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Imagine you are reading a book where the author describes the sun as a 'blazing furnace'. This comparison is made without using the words 'like' or 'as'. What literary device is being used here? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. He took a tissue from the box on the coffee table. His nose ran most of the time, so there were boxes of tissue all over the house. But when something happened to make him emotional ..... like this letter ..... his nose poured. By describing how much the his nose runs, the author is telling the reader: A) He is really bothered by the letter. B) The letter is bothering him a normal amount. C) He is always bothered. D) His nose is really a hose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is really bothered by the letter. 12. He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile. 13. Hymn A) A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. B) A poem praising God or the divine, often sung. C) A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing, is usually written in an elevated style and often expresses deep feeling. D) Language that paints a picture in the reader's mind using the five senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A poem praising God or the divine, often sung. 14. When an author inserts a famous quotation, poem, song, or other short passage or text at the beginning of a larger text (e.g., a book, chapter, etc.). A) Epigraph. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigraph. 15. "what is the author trying to teach me through this story?" This is a question you can ask yourself to figure out the ..... A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 16. What is a figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. This type of text structure uses signal words like "alike, " "unlike, " and "as opposed to." A) Compare & contrast. B) Problem & solution. C) Cause & effect. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare & contrast. 18. Montag is a fireman. Instead of putting out fires, he starts them. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 19. Her dress danced in the breeze A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. Which line is an example of assonance? A) Bars of rage. B) Orange sun rays and dares to claim. C) His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream. D) The caged bird sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orange sun rays and dares to claim. ← 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