This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 90 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 90 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is this an example of? "A boy told me if he rollerskated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him." A) Rhyme. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. Definition-The story is about "he" or "she." This is the most common point of view in commercial fiction. The narrator is outside of the story and relating the experiences of a character. Example- "A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous ..... He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter-the boy who lived!" A) First person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) Third person limited point of view. D) Third person omniscient point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person limited point of view. 3. This refers to an implied meaning of a word apart from what it describes A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Analogy. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 4. Mood is also called ..... A) Boring. B) Emotion. C) Tone. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 5. In the poem, "even and the snake" According to Jackie's interpretation of the sermon what is the reason she must attend Kingdom Hall on Sundays? A) Eve's actions. B) Her mother forces her to go. C) It is mandatory at her school. D) There is a talking snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eve's actions. 6. Simon's confrontation with the Lord of the Flies is an example of this type of conflict. A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal. 7. What is this:Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. The last piece of cake was calling my name! A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. "I heard a voice like the sound of an ocean" is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile. 10. If you had known the virtue of the ring/ Or half her worthiness that gave the ring/ Or your own honor to contain the ring/ You would not then have parted with the ring." A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Epistrophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epistrophe. 11. The lesson a story teaches. A) Exposition. B) Myth. C) Setting. D) Moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral. 12. Which device is "comparing two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as" '? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. A descriptive phrase or nickname A) Allusion. B) Inversion. C) Metaphor. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 14. A comparison between two unalike things (without using like or as) A) Motif. B) Symbol. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 15. Which of the following is not one of the three basic stages of the hero's journey? A) Departure. B) Initiation. C) Redemption. D) Return. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redemption. 16. Object that represents and idea/concept A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 17. When I got a C-on my report card, my mother gave me the I-am-very-disappointed-you-can-do-better-than-this speech. Which trick is this an example of? A) Hyphenated Modifier. B) Repetition for Effect. C) Show Not Tell. D) Expanded Moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyphenated Modifier. 18. The figure of speech used to express something that is opposite or not in accordance with the actual situation is? A) Comparative Figures of Speech. B) Satire figure of speech. C) Figures of Controversy. D) In the house in Retor. E) Majas Hyperbola. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figures of Controversy. 19. Third person omniscient A) Where the narrator is all-knowing using he, she, or they. B) When the opposite happens from what the reader thinks will happen. C) The use of hints, or clues in a narrative to suggest what is to come. D) Point of view where the narrator follows one or maybe two characters using he, she, or they. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where the narrator is all-knowing using he, she, or they. 20. Uses human traits to describe non-human things. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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