This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 531 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 531 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct option."an expression, often found in literature, that describes a person or object by referring to something else can have similar characteristics to that person or object." This is the definition of A) Unreliable narrator. B) Metaphor. C) Rhyme. D) Pseudonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. This is a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 3. The following are examples of what?Comedy, Drama, Suspense, Romance A) Genre. B) Movies. C) Conflict. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 4. A pair of lines that rhyme; may be a poem in itself or part of a larger poem. A) Form. B) Couplet. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 5. The lines "We've seen a gazillion tomorrows/ In crystal prism raindrops" show an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 6. What point of view is written in the perspective of another person and uses pronouns such as "he", "she", or "they" ? A) First person. B) Limited narration. C) Outside narrator. D) Third person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person. 7. What is the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea in a written work to represent something else? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 8. What is the definition of a summary? A) Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people. B) A retelling of a story, including major and minor points. C) A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. D) A brief statement or account of the main points of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A brief statement or account of the main points of something. 9. What is the purpose of an allusion in literature? A) To provide historical context. B) To confuse the reader. C) To reference another work of literature, art, or real event. D) To create a sense of mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To reference another work of literature, art, or real event. 10. "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods, / They kill us for their sport." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. A recalled memory of a past event A) Deja Vu. B) Foreshadowing. C) Dream. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 12. When authors give human traits to animals or some other lifeless object A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. In the sentence 'The moon is a silver boat sailing through the night sky.', what literary device is being used? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. "Moose are large, and essentially insane with almost pathological hatred of the dogs, the sled, the musher, trees, trains, cars, and everything else as near as I can figure. When they come at you it's like getting run over by Buick with legs" (62). Paulsen, Gary. Woodsong. New York:Puffin Books, 1991. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. What is omnicient? A) All knowing or knows the thoughts of the characters. B) Limited knowledge of characters. C) Specific knowledge of events. D) The reader knows only what the author wants you to know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All knowing or knows the thoughts of the characters. 16. Step 2 when scanning a verse of poetry is to ..... A) Look for natural long marks. B) Look for ellisions. C) Look for diphthongs. D) Look for long by position. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look for ellisions. 17. It was so hot outside my tennis shoes melted on the sidewalk is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. The use of symbols/objects to represent bigger ideas A) Onomatopoeia. B) Mood. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 19. The leaves are dancing. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. Select the response that distinguishes poetry from prose. A) Poetry is written in the past tense. B) Poetry has stanzas and may be metrical. C) Poetry has paragraphs. D) Poetry is shorter than prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry has stanzas and may be metrical. ← 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