This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 485 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 485 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning. A) Symbol. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 2. Indirect reference to some idea, figure, other text, place, or event that originates from outside the text. A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 3. Narrator is outside of the story A) 1st Person. B) 2nd Person. C) 3rd Person. D) 4th Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Person. 4. A literary term used to describe the events that make up a storyline in a narrative. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 5. The most intense moment of the story; the turning point of the story A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 6. "As straight as an arrow" is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Which of the following is a run on sentence? A) The dog is a pretty one that I wish I could buy. B) We decided to go to the movies and see a movie that we wanted to see for quite a while this week. C) I love to go Christmas shopping!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We decided to go to the movies and see a movie that we wanted to see for quite a while this week. 8. A direct comparison between two, unlike things. Usually uses the words like or as. A) Metaphors. B) Repetitions. C) Similes. D) Short and long sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Similes. 9. A character that undergoes an internal change between the beginning and end of the story. The character changes in some way-personality, outlook on life, values, etc A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Round. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 10. Students are sponges in the classroom. A) Students soak up water. B) Students soak up knowledge. C) The student is turning into a sponge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students soak up knowledge. 11. Basketball is the only thing that ever mattered to him. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. The idea or observation about people or human nature revealed through a story. A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 13. What is the conflict in a story? A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. B) A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else. C) The main problem in the story. D) The time and place in which a story is set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The main problem in the story. 14. Some students sing silly songs on Saturday is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. During lunchtime at school, Arjun noticed that Nora was eating her food quickly. He commented, 'Nora is as hungry as a bear.' Identify the literary device used in Arjun's comment. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Explain Chronological Order in the structure of text. A) Time order. B) One thing causes another. C) Problem stated then solution given. D) Main point then supporting details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time order. 17. On their wedding day, the groom gave his bride a bouquet of red roses. What do the red roses symbolize? A) His love for his bride. B) Her favorite flower. C) Life. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His love for his bride. 18. "Loud silence" and "small giant" are examples of A) Antithesis. B) Paradox. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 19. "Drip-hiss-drip-hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip-hiss-the rain never stops." This is an example of A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Wit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. The poem "There was a child went forth" by Walt Whitman is about how everything we experience in life changes or shapes us. This idea is the poem's ..... A) Style. B) Rhythm. C) Theme. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. ← 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