This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 533 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 533 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following choices is an example of personification? A) She is the light of his life. B) Lightning danced across the sky. C) The stars seemed to wink at us. D) CRASH. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stars seemed to wink at us. 2. What is the one condition Scrooge gave Cratchit in order to let him have Christmas Day off? A) Cratchit had to show up early for work the day after Christmas. B) Cratchit had to come into work Christmas night. C) Cratchit had to work the day after Christmas for free. D) Cratchit had to find a replacement to work for him on Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cratchit had to show up early for work the day after Christmas. 3. "The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment, " is an example of: A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Speaking parts between characters (occasionally one character talking to him/herself) A) Dialect. B) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 5. The acknowledgement given to an author when you use a quote (the "exact words") of an author (Sonnenschein 17). A) MLA in-text citation. B) Setting. C) Internal Conflict. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MLA in-text citation. 6. What is the connotation of the word 'home'? A) Chaos, danger, and uncertainty. B) Comfort, security, and belonging. C) Unfamiliar, uncomfortable, and temporary. D) Loneliness, isolation, and fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comfort, security, and belonging. 7. What is the meaning of the term 'foreshadowing' in literature? A) A type of character development. B) A hint or clue about what will happen later in the story. C) A type of plot twist. D) A type of narrative voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hint or clue about what will happen later in the story. 8. Conflict can be divided into two categories:internal and ..... A) Introspective. B) External. C) Exterior. D) Anterior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 9. " ..... the beam from the flashlight danced crazily along the peeling wallpaper, " is an example of which literary device? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Epiphany. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. Identify the literary device:"The crash. The attic smashing into kitchen and parlour" A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. A character who is only portrayed in one setting is considered to be ..... A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 13. Which of these is the correct definition of "allegory" ? A) She sells seashells by the seashore. B) A work that symbolizes or represents an idea or event. C) The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in succession. D) The interpretation of a nonhuman animal, event, or object as embodying human qualities or characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A work that symbolizes or represents an idea or event. 14. A reference to a well known person, place, thing, event, or literary work A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Antagonist. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 15. Which one is a simile A) This school is a zoo. B) His room is as cold as a freezer. C) Peter piper picked pickles peppers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His room is as cold as a freezer. 16. The house must have cost an arm and a leg A) Anaphora. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 17. The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun. A) Ate. B) Burned. C) Slept. D) Sunbathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burned. 18. "His voice was booming." This sentence is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 19. Which of the following is an abstract noun? A) Pen. B) Sock. C) Bat. D) Faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Faith. 20. And, but, nor, or A) Noun. B) Interjection. C) Verb. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. ← 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