This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 465 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 465 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shelly felt relieved. She had finally finished her homework, completed her chores, and written a long-overdue thank you note to her grandmother. Her relief wouldn't last for long, though. Her mother knocked on the bedroom door and walked in. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Suspense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 2. Complete the ANALOGY Socks are to Feet as Gloves are to ..... A) Hands. B) Winter. C) Mittens. D) Hamburgers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hands. 3. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning closely connected words. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Symbol. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.' A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 5. Which literary device references something else? A) Simile. B) Foreshadowing. C) Epiphany. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 6. This literary device gives human characteristics to animals or objects. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. The feeling the reader takes away with him or her after reading is known as the ..... A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 8. Which sentence is written in second person point of view? A) Erin did not want to go to the grocery store. B) You did not want to go to the grocery store. C) Mariah did not want to go to the grocery store. D) I did not want to go to the grocery store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You did not want to go to the grocery store. 9. The true pioneers of democracy were the ancient Greeks. As the article below shows, the men who designed the structure of the U.S. government were heavily influenced by ancient Greek political thought. The democratic form of government they developed was in many ways modeled on ancient Greek democracy. What do you think influence means? A) Decisions regarding language and content made by an author when writing a text. B) Something that is made or created. C) The power to affect or change indirectly but in an important way. D) The act of applying a skill or concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The power to affect or change indirectly but in an important way. 10. The beginning of the story when characters and setting are introduced is called the ..... A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 11. This backpack weighs a ton! A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. The most interesting point in the text or the turning point in the text A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 13. This is the optional final chapter found at the end of a story, book, or play A) Prologue. B) Epilogue. C) Flashback. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilogue. 14. The events in the story from the beginning to the end. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Characters. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 15. A struggle between two or more forces(ex. Man vs. Nature) A) Setting. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 16. The lazy cloud refused to move away from the sun is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Mom's plants were dying for a drink of water. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. Wow, they bicker like cats and dogs! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. What is the "opposing claim" in an argumentative essay? A) Your argument. B) The argument from the other side. C) Your argument against the other side. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The argument from the other side. 20. What is the meaning of this personification? "The raindrops danced on the tabletop." A) Raindrops danced around on the table. B) The rain hit the table and bounced off. C) The rain soaked the patio. D) The rain watered the plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain hit the table and bounced off. ← 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