This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 97 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 97 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the best definition of personification? A) A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work. B) A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. C) A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea. D) An object or idea given human qualities or a human form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An object or idea given human qualities or a human form. 2. What is an example of? "If I eat one more piece of pie, I'll die! If I can't have one more piece of pie, I'll die! A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 3. An example of a Hyperbole A) The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. B) Jumbo Shrimp. C) The sun is like a yellow ball of fire in the sky. D) Mile-high ice-cream cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mile-high ice-cream cones. 4. "The fire danced in her eyes" is an example of A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. The way the reader feels after reading something is called ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Hyperbole. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 6. A metaphor compares two unlike items by saying that one item IS the other item. Which of these is a metaphor? A) "There was a blinding flash, a jaw-rattling boom!, and our car exploded.". B) "By the window, sitting on a wooden tripod stool, was the most gruesome memento of all:a mummy.". C) "Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan.". D) "Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, wore a dark blue pinstriped suit.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Mrs. Dodds was a sand castle in a power fan.". 7. A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Inference. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 8. A descriptive technique that names a person, thing or action as something else. A) Antithesis. B) Metaphor. C) Emotive language. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Which definition is correct for the following term:Tone A) When the author uses descriptive language to "paint a picture" in the reader's mind. B) The author's attitude toward the writing; the way feelings are expressed. C) When an author gives the reader hints or clues as to what will happen next. D) When the audience knows something that the characters don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's attitude toward the writing; the way feelings are expressed. 10. What is another word that can be used when talking about verbal irony? A) Story. B) Sarcasm. C) Joke. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarcasm. 11. "Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before." A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Unrelated. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 12. Introduces the background information about events, settings, and characters to the audience/readers A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Inciting incident. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 13. A reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' mind A) Allusion. B) Metaphore. C) Symbol. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 14. Which point of view has a narrator telling the story from the outside? Pronouns of her, him, he, she, and it are used. A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd person. 15. Struggle or tension between 2 opposing forces in a work of literature. Can be internal or external. A) Epithet. B) Mood. C) Conflict. D) Intervention of the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 16. True or False:Every conflict in literature has a resolution. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."Almost as if it were magic, or as if light had poured into her brain, the words and sentences started to take shape on the page as they never had before."The author uses a simile in this sentence to reveal that Trisha- A) Is excited to realize that she has finally overcome her biggest problem. B) Believes that magical powers have finally given her the ability to read. C) Is pretending to read so that Mr. Falker will be proud of her. D) Knows that she would never be able to read if not for witchcraft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is excited to realize that she has finally overcome her biggest problem. 18. Emma saw May, the new girl, eating lunch by herself. She didn't want May to have to sit by herself. So Emma invited May to sit with her and her friends. Emma thinks it is important to ..... A) Always bring you lunch to school. B) Help new people feel welcome. C) Let people eat by themselves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help new people feel welcome. 19. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."Trisha could feel the tears burning in her eyes."This sentence includes ..... A) Personification. B) Exaggeration. C) Sensory language. D) A comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory language. 20. Men sell the wedding bells. A) Imagery-example. B) Alliteration-example. C) Onomatopoeia-example. D) Assonance-example. 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