This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 49 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The moon smiled and the stars twinkled 'Good night.' " is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia and personification. B) Onomatopoeia and hyperbole. C) Hyperbole and personification. D) Metaphor and onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia and personification. 2. Which literary device is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. Ryan hasn't found the trail or water since he got lost this morning. Night is quickly approaching. A) Person vs. Self. B) Person vs. Nature. C) Person vs. Society. D) Person vs. The Trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs. Nature. 4. NarrativeA story of events or experiences, real or imagined. In literary theory, narrative includes the story (what is narrated) and the discourse (how it is narrated). A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 5. A type of sarcasm used to "make fun" of a particular trait or idea in order to create a reaction, typically negative, from the reader. A) Personification. B) Satire. C) Parody. D) Imitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satire. 6. " ..... the creepers dropped their ropes like the rigging of foundered ships" is an example of this literary term. A) Pun. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. When the author explicitly says what a character is like. For example:Joe was only 4 feet tall and extremely shy. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 8. Which matches the definition of hyperbole? A) Giving human traits to non-humans. B) An outrageous exaggeration. C) Describing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as". D) The narrator's position to the story being told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An outrageous exaggeration. 9. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Foreshadowing. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 10. Wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends, and leads toward the closure. A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Action. 11. A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or even through an entire poem or paragraph A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Extended metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended metaphor. 12. A direct comparison A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Which point of view uses the word "I" ? A) 1st. B) And. C) 3rd limited. D) 3rd omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st. 14. Life is a highway. Life is a highway. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. How the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen A) Emotion. B) Tone. C) Feelings. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 16. Complete the analogy.Page is to book as tree is to ..... A) Chips. B) Car. C) Forest. D) Barl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest. 17. What is the effect of using puns in writing? A) Enhance the clarity and precision of the message. B) Create humor and add a playful tone. C) Make the writing more serious and formal. D) Create confusion and distract the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Create humor and add a playful tone. 18. The dying oak tree cried from the from the pressure of the autumn wind. What literary device is being used? A) Imagery. B) Personifiction. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personifiction. 19. What is being used here?:I've told you a million times to write your name on the paper as soon as you get it. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 20. "As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face." What human characteristic is being given? A) Twirling. B) Dancing. C) Flying. D) Slapping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slapping. ← 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