This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Author's purpose A) The character telling the story. B) The author's intent for writing the story. C) The moral or lesson told in the story. D) The mood implied by an author's word choice and the way the writing makes the reader feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's intent for writing the story. 2. Which sentence shows a correct use of Parallelism? A) My hobbies are writing, travelling, and eating. B) My hobbies are writing, to travel, and eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My hobbies are writing, travelling, and eating. 3. Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof(Pharrell Williams) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. This literary device gives animals or objects human characteristics. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. Unconquerable, unyielding. A) Perilous. B) Indominable. C) Eddies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indominable. 6. "He felt like the stars had been pulverized by the sound of the black jets ..... " A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. Makes a comparison between two unlike things, implying they are identical A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. Overused idea or expression A) Repitition. B) Cliche. C) Foreshadowing. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cliche. 9. The use of words to imitate sound. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 10. The bells clanged and jingled and whooosh went the wind! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. Two characters in a movie are speaking Spanish because they want to keep a secret from a third character who only speaks English. The audience knows that the third character was born in Mexico and actually speaks Spanish fluently. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 12. Speech A) A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources. B) A speech that contains religious references that reflects on morals. C) Public speaking to an audience about a certain topic or idea. (talking as a use of communication). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public speaking to an audience about a certain topic or idea. (talking as a use of communication). 13. A euphemism is A) When you use a word with a positive connotation. B) When you only use passages that contain extreme exaggeration. C) When you deliberately use words that are milder or less offensive; understatement. D) The last rhyming word in each stanza, and its correlating opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you deliberately use words that are milder or less offensive; understatement. 14. Night and day, Good and evil, Batman and Joker A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 15. Which is NOT an allusion Chesterton made? A) Apollo. B) Romeo. C) Robin Hood. D) Joan of Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo. 16. The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. The meaning is implied by a sentence or word that is actually different from the literal meaning. A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 17. A ..... modifies/describes a verb, adjective or another adverb. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 18. When the reader learns about a character through their speech, thoughts, actions, looks, or interaction with others. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 19. He was dark and cruel; she was pleasant and kind. A) Antithesis. B) Contrast. C) Analogy. D) Caricature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 20. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice. A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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