This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 497 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 497 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The vowel sound is often repeated in a line or phrase. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 2. Which literary device is this:all hands on deck!! A) Synecdoche. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 3. Trying to shop for gifts on Black Friday is like running with the bulls in Spain. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. During a group study session, Caleb and Carlos are discussing a math problem. Caleb explains his solution but Carlos finds it ambiguous. If you were David, how would you describe the language Caleb used? A) Precise and specific. B) Unclear or open to interpretation. C) Definite and unambiguous. D) Clear and straightforward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unclear or open to interpretation. 5. If a story is told in 3rd person, it means the narrator is ..... A) A character in the story. B) An outside observer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An outside observer. 6. An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. Pick a sentence that contains an Alliteration? A) Kim's kid kept kicking at the air. B) Plastic bags rip easily. C) Kayla is my best friend. D) Mrs. Flay is a super teacher!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kim's kid kept kicking at the air. 8. IN A LITERARY WORK, THIS PERSON STANDS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROTAGONIST. A) Villain. B) Antagonist. C) Symbol. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 9. Identify the expanded noun phrase:My wonderful mum made dinner! A) Made dinner. B) Mum made dinner. C) My wonderful mum. D) Wonderful mum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My wonderful mum. 10. What literary device uses highly descriptive language that uses the senses? A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 11. In Beowulf, Grendel attacks Herot and kills many Danes. Of what type of conflict is this an example? A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. self. C) Man vs. supernatural. D) Man vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. supernatural. 12. The repetition of consonant sounds, particularly at the beginning of words A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. The garden is a rainbow of colours A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. A character reveals himself through ..... A) What he says, what he does, and what he thinks. B) What he says, what he does not do, what others think about him. C) What he says, what he does, and what other characters think about him. D) What he does not say, what he does, and what he thinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What he says, what he does, and what he thinks. 15. Practice Question #2 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 16. An Idiom: A) Involves one or more of your five senses-the abilities to hear, taste, touch, smell, and see. B) Is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. C) Is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two unlike objects. D) Is intentionally exaggerated figures of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. 17. He uses purple for the soul of the cow because it represents A) Royalty. B) Wisdom. C) Honor. D) Strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wisdom. 18. A direct comparison not using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. "A dove flew over the, now barren, battle field" is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. "Only blue eyed people will pass my class." This is an example of ..... A) Antithesis. B) Fallacy. C) Strawman. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias. ← 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