This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 462 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 462 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writers use this to communicate positive or negative feelings in their writing. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 2. Something that is not human is given human characteristics. A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Personification. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. The style in which an author writes. A) Dialect. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. 4. A comparison that does not use "like" or "as" . Says one thing IS the other. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Which word means a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, always ending with a couplet? A) Lyric. B) Ballad. C) Elegy. D) Sonnet. E) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 6. Words that have opposite definitions in the ame phrase or sentence A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 7. "The bee buzzed past the queen."What poetic device is this an example of? A) Mood. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 8. A play on words based on two different meanings of the same word or two different words with the same pronunciation. A) Irony. B) Pun. C) Allusion. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 9. When someone says something that means the opposite of the literal meaning. A) Apostrophe. B) Verbal irony. C) Couplet. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. 10. What is the purpose of enjambment in poetry? A) Enjambment is used to create flow and continuity in poetry. B) Enjambment is used to emphasize the end of each line in poetry. C) Enjambment is used to add complexity and confusion in poetry. D) Enjambment is used to create pauses and breaks in poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjambment is used to create flow and continuity in poetry. 11. Who is the protagonist in Illegal? A) Kwame. B) Ebo. C) Light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ebo. 12. I (won't/want) to (hear/here) (you're/your) favorite album (fore/for/four) my birthday! A) Won't/hear/your/four. B) Want/hear/your/for. C) Want/here/you're/fore. D) Won't/hear/you're/four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Want/hear/your/for. 13. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The waves danced in the sunlight'? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. How does figurative language impact a story? A) It makes the story easier to understand. B) It helps the reader make connections within the story. C) It makes the story more interesting to read. D) It makes the story funnier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It helps the reader make connections within the story. 15. During the flood, he noted, "It's a little damp outside." A) Paradox. B) Foreshadowing. C) Understatement. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 16. She had eyes like the stars. What literary device are they using here? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Rhyming words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. A literary reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event A) Allusion. B) Help me. C) Analogy. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 18. The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character A) Foreshadowing. B) Conflict. C) Characterization. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 19. Where do we live? What city? A) Hutto. B) USA. C) Texas. D) Austin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hutto. 20. What is the use of figurative language to appeal to one or more of the five senses? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. ← 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