Literary Devices Quiz 1

My love is like a red, red rose.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.

• Allusion & Imagery
• Simile & Metaphor
• Foreshadowing & Irony
• Personification & Mood

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Irony

After years of saving money, John bought his dream home. It was a two-story beach house in a secluded area. John thought it was absolutely perfect, until he noticed the termites. First there were just a few, nibbling away at the back deck, but soon there were thousands. This is the story of how John went to war with the termites, a war that he eventually won, but one that cost him his dream home.

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Society
• Character vs Self

Annie and her family live on a farm in rural Kansas. When a huge storm rolls in suddenly, she and her family must retreat to the shelter, but all the animals are out grazing. Worse still, a tornado has been spotted in their area. Will Annie and her family be able to rustle the livestock into the barn in time?

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Society
• Character vs Self

Freddy just turned sixteen and he wants a car badly, so he starts mowing lawns and landscaping to earn money with his neighbor Eric. After a few days working together, Freddy and Eric have a disagreement and Eric leaves to start his own company. Now the former friends are competing ferociously for work in their neighborhood. Things take a turn for the worse when Eric starts sabotaging Freddy's operation. Will Freddy retaliate? Can the former friends reconcile? Will Freddy ever get a car?

• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Society
• Character vs Self

Rosa Parks struggles against racism and discrimination in the Jim Crow South. What type of conflict is shown here?

• Character vs. Fates/Gods

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Technology

Identify what type of conflict is being described below:

This is an internal conflict, meaning that the opposition the character faces is coming from within. This may entail a struggle to discern what the moral or “right” choice is, or it may also encompass mental health struggles.

• Character vs. Self

• Character vs. Supernatural

• Character vs. Society

• Character vs. Nature

The clothes that John wears are outdated

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct

  Characterization