This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 452 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 452 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Annie's eyes were two diamonds sparkling in the sunshine A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. Which of the following answers is a correct example of Symbol in "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata? A) The convenience store. B) The protagonist's apartment. C) The dead bird. D) The protagonist's cellphone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The dead bird. 3. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary ..... " sets a strong ..... for Poe's poem The Raven A) Mood. B) Attitude. C) Irony. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 4. What do the marionettes' human qualities suggest in the story? A) They represent the characters' hidden desires. B) They symbolize the characters' vulnerability. C) They foreshadow the twist ending. D) They allude to the characters' pasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They represent the characters' hidden desires. 5. Which literary device uses two different ideas, such as light and dark, to show contrast? A) Juxtaposition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Deus ex machina. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 6. An enduring idea or belief that is present throughout a literary work, usually acting as or facilitating the main subject. A) Plot. B) Moral. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 7. When the words pronunciation imitates its SOUND A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 8. He has been walking for days and days is an example of: A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Cliche. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. Identify the type of rhetorical device used in the following statement: "Maycomb County had recently been told that we had nothing to fear but fear itself." A) Repetition. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Extended simile/metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 10. A series of related events that include the conflict, climax, and resolution. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Rising action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 11. The use of any object, person, place or action that not only has meaning in itself but also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, belief, or value A) Symbolism. B) Motif. C) Hamartia. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 12. Sally sells sea shells at the sea shore. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. ..... is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object. A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Pun. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. It is a brief story illustrating a moral or revealing general truths about human nature. A) Parable. B) Narrative poem. C) Fable. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parable. 15. She's a very nosy person. She won't stop asking me questions. The word nosy has a ..... A) Positive Connotation. B) Negative Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Connotation. 16. After breaking his mother's vase, Casey struggles to decide whether he should tell his mother the truth and face the consequences, or whether he should attempt to hide his mistake and blame the family dog. A) Person vs. Person. B) Person vs Nature. C) Person vs. Self. D) Person vs Fate (God). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person vs. Self. 17. What is this an example of?I have told you a million times to follow directions. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Where and when the story takes place is the ..... A) Plot. B) Climax. C) Setting. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 19. Bill brought blueberries" is an example of a sound device called ..... because each word starts with the same sound. A) Irony. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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