This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 557 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 557 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The speaker or narrator's attitude toward the subject of the piece, distinct from mood in that it is not used to evoke a particular feeling in the reader A) Paradox. B) Analogy. C) Tone. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 2. Imagine Grace, Michael, and Arjun are in a poetry competition. Which technique would they use to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind with their words? A) Figurative Language. B) Stanza. C) Imagery. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. What is third person limited point of view? A) Author uses I, me, my. B) Told by an author who focuses only on one character's thoughts and feelings. C) Author does not write about thoughts and feelings. D) Author does not write about setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told by an author who focuses only on one character's thoughts and feelings. 4. Whichis NOT an example of EXACT or PERFECT Rhyme A) Boy/Toy. B) Faster/Plaster. C) Day/Made. D) Small/Mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Day/Made. 5. The hyperbole is A) A highly exaggerated statement. B) Comparison without using as' or 'like'. C) Repetition of initial sounds. D) Giving human traits to non-human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A highly exaggerated statement. 6. The narrator is the A) Person telling the story. B) Main character in the story. C) Enemy of the main character in the story. D) Person listening to the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person telling the story. 7. The sharp thorns of the rose pricked his finger, drawing a small bead of blood. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tactile imagery. 8. Repeated consonant sounds A) Alliteration. B) Customization. C) The past. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. What side of the stage is Northam? A) Left. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 10. A character, Carson, looks up to his older sister. His sister had an art show coming up. The week before show, she told Carson not to go into her room and peek at her project. Carson followed her rules and didn't try to go in. "I hope it's a painting of me!" thought Carson. What evidence can you use to support the fact that Carson is "respectful" ? A) Carson's sister has an art show coming up. B) Carson's sister told him not to peek at her project. C) Carson followed his sister's rules and didn't go into her room. D) Carson hoped the art project was a painting of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carson followed his sister's rules and didn't go into her room. 11. Her smile was a mile wide. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. Which of the following means: "filled with wonder and delight; fascinated?" A) Enthralled. B) Astonished. C) Solace. D) Grimaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enthralled. 13. The way an author reveals details about a character's personality traits A) Characterization. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 14. The voice in the poem (not always the poet). A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Stanza. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 15. In Roald Dahl's A Lamb to the Slaughter, a woman kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb. When the cops arrive, she cooks the lamb and feeds it to them, effectively making them eat the evidence of her crime. What type of irony is this? A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 16. The author's attitude toward his or subject matter and toward the audience. A) Tone. B) Diction. C) Central idea. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 17. The repetition of the same consonant sound in words occurring near one another A) HYPERBOLE. B) ALLITERATION. C) SYMBOLISM. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLITERATION. 18. A thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes. A) Cliche. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 19. Which sentence shows a comma separating extra information about the subject? A) My mother, on the other hand, does not like chocolate. B) My brother a 26, year old male is watching TV. C) I am ready for my dad a hard, working man to come home. D) Daniel, Garrison a farmer wakes up very early. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mother, on the other hand, does not like chocolate. 20. A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. ← 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