This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 467 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 467 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Making a comparison without using as or like is A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. What's the definition of assonance? A) The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. B) The repetition of vowel sounds. C) A 'softer', more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of vowel sounds. 3. A conflict is a struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotion A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Dickinson makes a ..... when she compares marriage to a financial transaction A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. When words sound like the noises they make A) Onomatopoeia. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. What figure of speech can befound in the line CATILINANOBILE GENERE FUIT, SEDINGENIO MALO? A) Anaphora. B) Unrelated. C) Hyperbole. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 7. A person telling the story. / Una persona que cuenta la historia. A) Antagonist. B) Conflict. C) Protagonist. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrator. 8. Which literary device is used when a reference is made to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 9. A brief reference to a specific person, historical event, place, literary text, etc to enhance meaning A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 10. Man vs. man, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society are all examples of which type of conflict? A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 11. Read the poem below:the drum by Nikki Giovannidaddy says the world isa drum tight and hardand i told himi'm gonna beat out my own rhythm What comparison does the poem make? A) She compares herself to a rhythm. B) The poem compares the world to a drum. C) The speaker compares her father to the world. D) The speaker compares her father to a drum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poem compares the world to a drum. 12. Living dead, seriously funny, big baby, awfully lucky A) Onomatopoeia. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 13. A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he's buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 14. The stairs groaned as he walked on them. A) Juxtaposition. B) Pun. C) Anthropomorphism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Not literal A) Imagery. B) Figurative. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 16. The attitude a writer expresses toward the subject of their text A) Main idea. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 17. "The candy melted in her mouth and swirls of bittersweet chocolate and slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue." A) Imagery using taste. B) Imagery using touch. C) Example of hyperbole. D) Example of metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery using taste. 18. This is a question asked without expecting an answer. A) Rhetorical question. B) Rhythmic question. C) Probing questions. D) Comprehension question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical question. 19. Why did Goodwife Cruff believe that Kit was a witch? A) She was mean to all on board the ship. B) She knew how to swim. C) She had a wand. D) She sank in the water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She knew how to swim. 20. When readers know what will happen before the characters is? A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Life irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. ← 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