This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 87 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. Which figurative language gives human qualities to objects, animals, or ideas? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Sensory Detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. I saw a dog the size of an elephant. What is this A) Hyperbole. B) Flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. A character who is seen in multiple settings is considered to be ..... A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round. 5. The grass is an ocean of flowers. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. (of a film, TV episode, etc.) show events that will happen at a later time than the main story. A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Flashforward. D) Parallel plot structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashforward. 7. When a TV show or story that stops an episode at a point where you HAVE TO KNOW what happens to a character, this device is called a A) Annoying. B) Cliffhanger. C) Sarcasm. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cliffhanger. 8. When a speaker who detaches himself/herself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech A) Appositive. B) Apostrophe. C) Soliloquy. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 9. The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. "This [guy] graduated at the top of our class / I went to Cheesecake, he was a waiter there" ..... Kanye West, "School Spirit" A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Juxtaposition. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 11. Creativity is a light. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. "The elephant is a large grey mountain." This phrase is an example of which literary device. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. What technique is being used in the following passage:She swims like a fish. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. An author's choice and/or use of words/phrases in speech and writing (word choice) A) Diction. B) Epiphany. C) Syntax. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 15. One of the story's characters is narrating the literary work. A) Alliteration. B) 1st person POV. C) Point of View. D) 2nd person POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st person POV. 16. What am I? I come from a Greek term meaning "contrary to expectations, existing belief, or perceived opinion." I may appear to be self-contradictory or silly, but may include a latent truth. I am used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas. I am a A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Caricature. D) Contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 17. A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition that may contribute to the theme A) Motif. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 18. Sentence conveys a strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark. A) Imperative. B) Exclamatory. C) Declarative. D) Interrogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 19. An alliteration is A) Someone who can read. B) The repetition of words. C) When someone is illiterate. D) The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The repetition of initial consonant sounds. 20. One effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to ..... A) Trick the reader. B) Add depth to characters. C) Build suspense. D) Give factual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build suspense. ← 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