Literary Devices Quizzes, Questions & Answers
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Ever noticed how certain phrases in a book make you think or feel more deeply? That's the power of literary devices at work. Our Literary Devices Quiz is designed to enhance your understanding of the techniques that writers...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 16383 | Last updated: Jan 15, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhat literary device is used in "She is as brave as a lion"?
Explore the realm of literary and rhetorical devices with this engaging quiz! Test your understanding of metaphors, aphorisms, parallelism, imagery, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia, sharpening your literary analysis skills and...
Questions: 40 | Attempts: 3716 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionChoose which one is a metaphor.
If you’ve ever read a book, you may not have noticed it but you were subjected to multiple literary devices used by the author in order to add texture, energy, and excitement to the reading experience so that their story is...
Questions: 27 | Attempts: 11389 | Last updated: Jan 12, 2025
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Sample Question"Polly Pocket picked a purple plant" is an example of:
Do you know about Oxymorons? Our fun 'Oxymoron: Literary Trivia Questions' quiz will test your knowledge about this literary device. Oxymoron has been used in literature for the longest time, and we got to cover how it is...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 5402 | Last updated: Oct 25, 2024
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following is NOT an oxymoron?
See if you can identify the literary devices used in this lines from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Questions: 12 | Attempts: 4726 | Last updated: Aug 28, 2023
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Do you love the drama and emotion of poetry and literature? Are you curious about the way writers use language to address absent people or inanimate objects? Then prepare to be amazed by our Apostrophe Figure of Speech Quiz! This...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 25 | Last updated: Feb 14, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhich of the following is an example of apostrophe?
Ready to test your knowledge of literary terms and devices? Take our fun and informative Literary Terms and Devices Quiz! From similes to symbolism, this quiz covers it all. Get ready to ace those questions and impress your...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 303 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2025
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Sample QuestionWhat is alliteration in literature?
Do you write poems, or love to read them? How well do you understand the literary devices? Take the online quiz and answer some simple questions to test yourself and learn interesting facts as you play.
Questions: 15 | Attempts: 144 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionComparing two objects based on similar characteristics or features with word 'like' or 'as if' is the definition of ....
This English vocabulary test is a diction trivia quiz. Diction is one of the literary devices one can use to spice up their writings or speeches. One of the things that goes into checking which diction to use is dependent on...
Questions: 5 | Attempts: 919 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample QuestionChoose a word that would provide stronger diction for the underlined word in the sentence below: "I just don't want to sit by him because I think he copies off my tests," he said.
This quiz, titled 'For Scarlet Letter Test 2,' assesses understanding of various literary devices within the context of 'The Scarlet Letter.' It challenges learners to identify personification, allusion, simile, and oxymoron, and...
Questions: 37 | Attempts: 425 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2023
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Sample Question"All these giant trees and boulders of granite seemed intent on making a mystery of the course of this small brook; fearing, perhaps, that, with its never-ceasing loquacity, it should whisper tales out of the heart of the heart of the old forest whence it flowed, or mirror its revelations on the smooth surface of the pool." This is an example of:
The Literary Terms Diagnostic Quiz assesses knowledge of key literary devices, enhancing understanding and usage in writing and analysis. It covers terms like alliteration, rhetoric, and paradox, essential for students and...
Questions: 55 | Attempts: 372 | Last updated: Mar 19, 2023
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Sample Questionrepetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
This quiz focuses on analyzing and interpreting literature through various literary devices. It assesses understanding of concepts like meter, simile, elision, paradox, anecdote, and euphemism, enhancing literary analysis skills.
Questions: 48 | Attempts: 80 | Last updated: Oct 11, 2023
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Sample QuestionUnaccented and accented syllables in speech. "To be or not to be"
This quiz assesses understanding of different forms of irony in literature. Participants identify verbal, dramatic, and situational irony through creatively phrased examples, enhancing their literary analysis skills and deepening...
Questions: 10 | Attempts: 1105 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023
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Sample QuestionSoft like a Brick.
Carefully read each passage and decide which answer best describe the tone, correct dialogue, or alludes to a historical event, the bible, or a mythological figure.
Questions: 17 | Attempts: 451 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023
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Sample QuestionPassage #1 “I shall throw you on a black ship and send you to the mainland, To King Echetos, destroyer of all mortal men, Who will cut off your nostrils with a sharp bronze sword; He will tear of your private parts and give them to the dogs to eat raw.” --Homer, The Odyssey Which word best describes the tone? In other words, how does the speaker feel about/toward the subject?
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