This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 478 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 478 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A character, Flora, goes on a field trip to an amusement park. She tells her teacher she's scared to go on the roller coasters. "No way I'm going on those!" she thinks. Flora's classmates comment on how she's shaking and looks pale. Based on this evidence, one trait that describes Flora is ..... A) Fierce. B) Cowardly. C) Talented. D) Bold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cowardly. 2. What literary device is used in the sentence:'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. Round A) Character stays the same. B) Character changes throughout the story. C) One-sided character. D) Many-sided character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many-sided character. 4. Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 5. The American flag can symbolize ..... A) Freedom. B) War. C) Justice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freedom. 6. Which purpose suggests that setting adds realism to the story or makes it more believable? A) Credibility. B) Character development. C) Organization. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Credibility. 7. I am a cloud/ dancing in the sky. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Which literary device is shown here?69 ..... tuque, o confisa figurae, 70 infelix Lethaea, tuae, iunctissima quondam A) Prolepsis. B) Growing tricolon. C) Spondaic line. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing tricolon. 9. The lines "The rain was falling, / a mist about his white hair"show an example of A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 10. A word that sounds like the sound it represents A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 11. What sense is being engaged most in this example:the streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain A) Touch. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. E) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sight. 12. "She wore a navy blue poplin raincoat over gray sweatpants and whitesneakers, looking, at thirty-three, like the type of woman she'd once claimed she would never resemble"Could be an example of: A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 13. The author's use of descriptive language to activate the reader's five senses is the definition for ..... A) Situational irony. B) Imagery. C) Verbal irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 14. You are walking up the steps and trip. Your best friend says, "Nice Job" What type of literary device is this? A) Sarcasm. B) Tone. C) Symbolism. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 15. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.allows the readers to see into the minds of multiple charactersall characters are described using pronouns such as they, he, she A) 3rd person omniscient. B) 3rd person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person omniscient. 16. Which of the following is a symbol in TEWWG? A) Nanny's house. B) Janie's dress. C) Phoebe. D) The hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hurricane. 17. Episode A) A problem or challenge faced by the main character. B) A small event that is part of a larger story. C) An action in a story that moves the story forward, usually something happens to the main character, etc. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small event that is part of a larger story. 18. When discussing literature, how is the word 'setting' used? A) The word 'setting' is used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story. B) The word 'setting' is used to identify characters. C) The word 'setting' is used to identify the summary and plot within a story. D) The word 'setting' is used to identify conflict and following resolution that happens within a piece of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The word 'setting' is used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story. 19. Narrator is a character in the story A) 1st Person. B) 2nd Person. C) 3rd Person. D) 4th Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st Person. 20. The author's message or lesson describes which literary device? A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Foreshadowing. D) Theme. 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