This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 548 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 548 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. -"wedded to calamity" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. The clouds are cotton balls in the sky.This is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. When something is referred to indirectly A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 5. Which literary device uses an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbol. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 6. Claim A) A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point of an argument. B) When a company receives a lump sum of money back after paying taxes. C) Another form of author's purpose. D) Making a relationship exclusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point of an argument. 7. What does the exposition or basic situation of plot help to do? A) Building suspense; conflict develops. B) Highest point of interest; turning point of the story. C) Gives background about setting and/or characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives background about setting and/or characters. 8. "Her scream bent instrument dials like palms in a hurricane" (60). (1 answer) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. List of books A) Bibliophobia. B) Biblioklept. C) Bibliography. D) Bibliophile. E) Bibliomania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bibliography. 10. A paradox is a: A) Rage, fury, anger. B) Body (natural or artificial) which revolved around a larger body, generally a planet. C) Tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true. D) Disgrace; humiliation, dishonor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true. 11. Characters the reader doesn't get much information about A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 12. What is the difference between a conductor and a teacher? The conductor minds the train and a teacher trains the mind. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 13. The writer of a memoir writes about something that A) He/she doesn't give a second thought to. B) Required research of several sources. C) Impacted his/her life. D) You would see in an argument essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impacted his/her life. 14. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 15. "Hard times always after a poor man. One day I got tired, sat down to rest a spell, and felt a tap on my shoulder. Hard times caught up with me" contains: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. When the reader/audience knows that something will happen, but the character(s) do not A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 17. Imagine you're a poet trying to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind using words. What literary device would you primarily use? A) Imagery. B) Diction. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. What is an extreme exaggeration that could not possibly happen? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. Where the story takes place A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Exposition. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 20. Which matches the definition of personification? A) Giving human traits to animals. B) Giving human traits to non-humans. C) Giving human traits to objects. D) Giving non-human traits to humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving human traits to non-humans. ← 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