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eng4u Literary Devices Quiz

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
My love is like a red, red rose.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
2.
Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
3.
Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
4.
The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Personification
5.
You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.
a)
Personification
b)
Imagery
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Irony
6.
In Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.

a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
7.
“But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.”
  -William Sharp
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
8.
A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, he’s buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.
a)
Allusion
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Irony
9.
An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Foreshadowing
10.
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.
   - John Milton
a)
Simile
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
11.
Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Personifcation
d)
Foreshadowing
12.
While camping, a person is talking about how there are no bears in the area.  Meanwhile, a bear is standing right behind him.
a)
Allusion
b)
Imagery
c)
Irony
d)
Personfication
13.
When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide.  I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Personfication
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
14.
“Only the daisy trees were serene… they ignored the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered.”
a)
Allusion
b)
Simile
c)
Irony
d)
Personification
15.
The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
a)
Allusion
b)
Personification
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony
16.
What is the literary definition of a figure of speech?
a)
An inanimate object being portrayed as if it has human qualities
b)
Comparing two unlike things using a word  of comparison
c)
Expressions that are not literally true but suggest similarities  between usually unrelated things
d)
When reality contradicts what we expect
17.
The following is an example of what type of literary device: a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.  
a)
Verbal Irony
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Situational Irony
18.
Choose the correct term for the following definition: occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know. 
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Symbolism
19.
What is the literary definition of a simile?
a)
Compare two unlike things directly, without using a word of comparison
b)
Speaking of an inanimate object as if it had human qualities 
c)
Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else
d)
Compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like"
20.
The following is an example of what type of literary device: Heather is a beautiful snowflake.  
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Verbal Irony
21.
What is personification?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
22.
What is onomatopoeia?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
23.
What is alliteration?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
24.
What is symbolism?
a)
a word that mimics a sound
b)
repetition of consonant sounds
c)
using symbols to represent something
d)
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
25.
Bat and cat are at the track is an example of...
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
assonance
d)
similes
26.
"America is a melting pot" is an example of 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Repetition
27.
The act or instance of repeating is this literary device
a)
Simile
b)
Imagery
c)
Repetition
d)
Satire
28.
example of...
a)
Repetition
b)
Satire
c)
Assonance
d)
Hyperbole
29.
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a...
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Foreshadowing
30.
Yo mama! jokes are an example of...
a)
Assonance
b)
Alliteration
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Hyperbole
31.

Short stories are narratives that feature a wide range of characters.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The action in a short story takes place over a very long time frame.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Short stories should employ creative language choices to engage the reader's interest.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

What is the complication?

a)

There are no complications

b)

One of many problems in the story

c)

The problem that begins the story but not the only one

d)

The only problem in the story

35.

What is the conflict of a story?

a)

The time and place

b)

The main problem the character encounters in the story

c)

The most exciting part of the story

d)

The beginning of a story

36.

What is the exposition of a story?

a)

Where the action is winding down after the climax

b)

The end of the story where everything is resolved

c)

The most exciting part of a story; the turning point

d)

The beginning of a story where we learn about setting and some of the characters

37.

What is falling action?

a)

The end of a story where everything is resolved

b)

Where the conflict of the story grows and where the events increasingly build up in excitement

c)

The most exciting part of a story; the turning point

d)

The part after the climax where events are winding down

38.

What is the plot of a story?

a)

The series of events in a story

b)

The main message or life lesson of a story

c)

The most exciting part of a story; the turning point

d)

The time and place that a story takes place

39.

Which of the following is NOT a 3rd person point of view.

a)

3rd person limited

b)

3rd person omniscient

c)

3rd person regulated

d)

3rd person objective

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