This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 472 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 472 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Symbols and SymbolismSymbols are objects that have a literal meaning but also have an implied meaning. They often represent "big ideas" like love, honor, patriotism, or fate.Some well-known symbols are the dove, the peace sign and the skull and crossbones. A) Got it. B) What?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got it. 2. When one thing is described as another to create an image in the reader's mind A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. The main idea or meaning of a literary work; can be stated directly or indirectly; a major topic A) Denotation. B) Consonance. C) Oxymoron. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 4. I am a saying or phrase that means something different than its literal meaning. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Imagery. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 5. Which literary technique is used in this sentence:The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful. A) Description. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 6. A type of figurative language that does not mean what it is saying such as "break a leg" . A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 7. He is as funny as a barrel of monkey. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Sarcasm. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. "My wife gave me a sweater-vest for our anniversary, " he complained to the bartender, his head heavy with cognac. "What do you expect?" the bartender had replied. "You're married." Could be an example of A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 9. When non-human objects, creatures, or other living things are given human abilities or characteristics A) Humanizing. B) Personalizing. C) Personification. D) Impersonating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. What is MAN VS. SELF? A) The main character struggles with a choice or decision. B) The main character struggles against a law or rule. C) When the protagonist must struggle against a natural force. D) When the protagonist must struggle against another character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main character struggles with a choice or decision. 11. "I started buttoning up the shirt. It about swallowed me." is an examples of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. The sun set over the horizon, painting the sky in vibrant shades of orange and pink. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual imagery. 13. The use of hints, or clues in a narrative to suggest what is to come A) Falling action. B) Situational irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 14. "The cat's as fast as a jet on a runway" is an example of a metaphor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. His cries were as shrill as a siren A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 16. Exaggerated statement not meant to be taken as fact A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. BONUS QUESTION:What goes at the end of your introduction? (3 extra points) A) The Beginning Statement. B) The Middle Statement. C) Thesis statement. D) The End Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thesis statement. 18. The flames consumed all the trees in the forest. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. Better belly buss than good food waste. This is an example of ..... A) Analogy. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 20. What is the usual reason one might use a metaphor or simile? A) To highlight a difference. B) To highlight a similarity. C) To emphasise a topic. D) To create a rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To highlight a similarity. ← 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