This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 442 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 442 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Laura wants to watch her favorite TV show tonight, but knows she has a huge Social Studies test tomorrow. A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Conflict. 2. All events leading up to the climax? A) Exposition. B) Resolution. C) Falling action. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising action. 3. Mason was as fast as a cheetah on wheels. A) Epithet. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. What point of view is this written?: "The day grew dark, but Michael kept searching for his lost keys. If he could only find them, he would not get in trouble. This was the second time this month he had lost his keys." A) 1st Person. B) 3rd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3rd Person. 5. The repetition of sounds in nearby words, involving similar vowel sounds A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 6. "Time is money" is an example of what? A) A metaphor. B) A simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor. 7. A situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 8. A symbol is A) Is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings. B) An extreme exaggeration. C) Using "like" or "as" to compare two different things and show a common quality between them. D) A word that sounds like what it means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning but suggests or represents other meanings. 9. Sonia sniffed the sweet, scarlet flower softly. A) Idiom. B) Cliche. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. What is the process or act of identifying how two things are similar and different? A) Comparison. B) Figure of speech. C) Vivid. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison. 11. A series of events that occur after the climax to help bring closure to the story A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Rising action. E) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Falling action. 12. Tone / Mood A) Emotional Reaction of Reader / Emotions of Author. B) Emotions of Author / Emotional Reaction of Reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotions of Author / Emotional Reaction of Reader. 13. "I told you. Your teachers told Mr Tushman that you were the kind of kid who's known for being a good egg, " is an example of: A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 14. What is the meaning of the word 'archetype' in literature? A) A type of computer program. B) A type of weather phenomenon. C) Universal pattern of human nature. D) A type of architectural structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universal pattern of human nature. 15. Identify the literary device:"The house began to die" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. "The dog pleaded for another treat, " is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Analogy. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. "Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone" (Love Story by Taylor Swift) This song make use of: A) Historical paradox. B) Literary Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Allusion. 18. Which is NOT a form of poetry? A) Lyrical. B) Humorous. C) Sad. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sad. 19. What does the word "Formal language" mean? A) Speaking really slowly. B) Proper forms of language. C) The right way to say something. D) Speaking using special language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proper forms of language. 20. A conflict and how the conflict is solved A) Problem. B) Description. C) Solution. D) Problem/solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Problem/solution. ← 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