This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 439 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 439 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Hey, look. Freckles is here!" What type of literary device is this an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Synecdoche. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 2. Example of Metaphor A) You're an honest thief. B) You are ugly like my brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're an honest thief. 3. An expression that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of its words. A) Denotative. B) Juxtaposition. C) Irony. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 4. The word nostalgic is a A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 5. A comparison of two different things NOT using "like" or "as" A) Flashback. B) Introduction. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. The time and place a story occurs is the ..... of the story. A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Chocolate pudding. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 7. What is an example of mood? A) All summer there was no want. B) But that which was more sad and lamentable was, than in two or three months' time half of their company died. C) If any did unjustly war against him, they would aid him; if any did war against them, he should aid them. D) A lusty young man called John Howland, coming upon some occasion above the gratings was, with a seele of the ship, thrown into sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But that which was more sad and lamentable was, than in two or three months' time half of their company died. 8. An example of INNER CONFLICT is: A) "Should I still go through with a ransom?". B) "He was old enough to die here." (The Cay). C) "The Cay" takes place over 9 months. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Should I still go through with a ransom?". 9. Clearly ConfusedSame DifferencePassive AggressiveTerribly Good These are examples of: A) Alliteration. B) Hyperboles. C) Irony. D) Oxymorons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymorons. 10. The flowers danced in the wind is an example of: A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Cliche. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 11. Comes from two contradictory words that describe one thing. A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Synecdoche. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 12. Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Comparison. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. The struggle between opposing forces or characters A) Opposition. B) Disagreement. C) Conflict. D) Confrontation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 14. Repetition of accented vowel sounds that are close together in a poem. (Hint:think of the words at the end of each line in the prologue). A) Iambic Pentameter. B) Rhyming Couplet. C) Sonnet. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 15. Identify the mood of the following sentence:She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her. A) Fanciful. B) Suspenseful. C) Melancholy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspenseful. 16. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"This is the worst day in the history of the world." A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 17. Typically referred to as a "coming of age" story, the main character goes through immense mental, physical, social, emotional, moral, and often spiritual advancement. A) Bildungsroman. B) Short Story. C) Anecdote. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bildungsroman. 18. One who seeks to enjoy life and have fun. Brings humor to a situation. A) Magician. B) Outlaw. C) Jester. D) Ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jester. 19. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words A) Alliteration. B) Narration. C) Point of View. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. "The critical mission was horribly executed." is an example of ..... A) Leading language. B) Loaded language. C) False assumptions. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loaded language. ← 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