This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 458 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 458 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The falling snowflakes are dancers. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Luckier than a leprechaun A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. This sentence contains an example of:He stopped as he got near to her, huffing and out of breath. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 4. Which literary device is shown here?79 ..... omnemque refugerat Orpheus80 femineam Venerem, seu quod male cesserat illi, A) Dactylic line. B) Metonymy. C) Alliteration. D) Golden line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 5. A secondary or more emotional meaning for a word A) Connative. B) Denotative. C) Dialogue. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connative. 6. The struggle is between two opposing needs, desires, or emotions in a character's mind. A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. C) Big conflict. D) Central conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 7. The Internet is an information highway where you can find out specifics on just about anything. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. A quick reference to something that the audience will have to already know in order to "get." A) Allusion. B) Illusion. C) Illustration. D) Alienation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 9. Cinderella is fighting with her step-sisters in order to go to the ball. What type of conflict is this? A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Man. 10. "We have had more students in the nurse's office than ever before. We need to do something about this, " said the principal at the teachers' staff meeting. She continued, "I would like one of you to be in charge of a club that can help there be fewer injuries." Immediately one of the teachers volunteered and began planning. She set up hall monitors, installed railings on the playground equipment and hired a new crossing guard. The problem was on its way to being solved! What was the motivation? A) Student safety. B) A New club. C) Staff meetings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Student safety. 11. The main character in a text is also known as the ..... A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Narrator. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 12. "Bow, wow" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. A story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events. A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 14. After the walk through the desert, Kim's tongue felt dry as a bone. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. When words are used to imitate the sound they are/actually make. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 16. Words that rhyme inside a line a poetry A) True Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Near/Half Rhyme. D) Eye Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Rhyme. 17. A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects. A) Analogy. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 18. "One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. The pencil jumped off the table A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. A / An ..... is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone (or something) that is not present or cannot respond in reality. A) Apostrophe. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. ← 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