This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 484 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 484 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why does the physician want to marry the princess? A) She's got a great personality. B) She's a great dancer. C) She's rich and beautiful. D) Her foot fits into the glass slipper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She's rich and beautiful. 2. Which literary device is used to create a specific atmosphere or emotional state in a literary work? A) Characterization. B) Mood. C) Plot. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 3. "The branches clutched at the kite string."This sentence is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. The trees bent in the wind as the wind tunnel tossed trash cans all over the street. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. Find the simple subject in the following sentence:The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday. A) Lonely. B) Sheep. C) Bowling. D) Tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheep. 6. Identify the vivid verb in the following sentence:The students explored the museum for the entire morning. A) Students. B) Morning. C) Museum. D) Explored. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explored. 7. "bam, " "drip, " & "moo" are all examples of A) Satire. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. A character in conflict with the main character. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Supporting character. D) Big jerk face. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 9. What shall I say about the rising of the war in Tire and the German threats? A) The past. B) Tmesis. C) Litotes. D) Twenty days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The past. 10. Use of exaggeration A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 11. An extreme exaggeration of a real event or situation A) Hyperbole. B) Overreaction. C) Extremity. D) Hyperaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 13. Define:Synecdoche A) The formation or use of words (such as hiss or murmur) that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to (ex. sputter, splat, squirt, scrape, clink, clank, clunk, clatter, crash, bang, beep, buzz). B) A general statement or concept about people or a group of things (clue words:sometimes, always, never, most, many, all, generally, seldom, some) (ex. Everyone loves chocolate.). C) Makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication. (Example: "Chocolate was her Achilles' heel." -referring to Greek mythology). D) An often repeated or used phrase or statement that has been used so much it has become trite and kind of meaningless. (Ex: "walk a mile in another's shoes."). E) A figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object. (Ex:His parents bought him a new set of wheels. (new car). Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A figure of speech using a word that is a part to represent a whole, a whole to represent a part or a material to represent an object. (Ex:His parents bought him a new set of wheels. (new car). 14. What literary device was used in the following example, "The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road." A) Allusion. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Foreshadowing. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 15. In a story where a character enters a difficult cooking competition, showing them struggling to bake a large cake is an example of ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Cacophony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 16. A group of young people are camping in the woods. In the middle of the night, they wake up to find themselves surrounded by a pack of wolves. They must work together to escape the danger. What type of conflict? A) Man vs. Self. B) Man. vs. Man. C) Man. vs. Nature. D) Man. vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man. vs. Nature. 17. We can learn a lot about a character if we pay attention to how the character dresses and the character's body language and facial expressions.This type of characterization is under which category? A) Looks. B) Speech. C) Actions. D) Effects on Others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looks. 18. When a speaker intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Cliche. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 19. The phrase 'as quiet as a mouse' is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Which device improves a reader's experience of the text by immersing them more deeply by appealing to their senses? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Enjambment (Run-on Lines). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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