diff --git a/changelog/change_add_strnodepercent_literal_to_simplify.md b/changelog/change_add_strnodepercent_literal_to_simplify.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..424e40dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/change_add_strnodepercent_literal_to_simplify.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#343](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop-ast/pull/343): Add `StrNode#single_quoted?`, `StrNode#double_quoted?` and `StrNode#percent_literal?` to simplify checking for string delimiters. ([@dvandersluis][])
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/ast/node/str_node.rb b/lib/rubocop/ast/node/str_node.rb
index 6e17bf1e3..a5d95eb74 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/ast/node/str_node.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/ast/node/str_node.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ module AST
     class StrNode < Node
       include BasicLiteralNode
 
+      PERCENT_LITERAL_TYPES = {
+        :% => /\A%(?=[^a-zA-Z])/,
+        :q => /\A%q/,
+        :Q => /\A%Q/
+      }.freeze
+
+      def single_quoted?
+        loc_is?(:begin, "'")
+      end
+
+      def double_quoted?
+        loc_is?(:begin, '"')
+      end
+
       def character_literal?
         loc_is?(:begin, '?')
       end
@@ -15,6 +29,28 @@ def character_literal?
       def heredoc?
         loc.is_a?(Parser::Source::Map::Heredoc)
       end
+
+      # Checks whether the string literal is delimited by percent brackets.
+      #
+      # @overload percent_literal?
+      #   Check for any string percent literal.
+      #
+      # @overload percent_literal?(type)
+      #   Check for a string percent literal of type `type`.
+      #
+      # @param type [Symbol] an optional percent literal type
+      #
+      # @return [Boolean] whether the string is enclosed in percent brackets
+      def percent_literal?(type = nil)
+        opening_delimiter = loc.begin if loc.respond_to?(:begin)
+        return false unless opening_delimiter
+
+        if type
+          opening_delimiter.source.match?(PERCENT_LITERAL_TYPES.fetch(type))
+        else
+          opening_delimiter.source.start_with?('%')
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/ast/dstr_node_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/ast/dstr_node_spec.rb
index 156ced2bc..4af1ba1a4 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/ast/dstr_node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/ast/dstr_node_spec.rb
@@ -35,4 +35,73 @@
       it { is_expected.to eq('foo bar baz') }
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#single_quoted?' do
+    context 'with a double-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { '"#{foo}"' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%(#{foo})' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %Q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%Q(#{foo})' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#double_quoted?' do
+    context 'with a double-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { '"#{foo}"' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%(#{foo})' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %Q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%Q(#{foo})' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#percent_literal?' do
+    context 'with a quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { '"#{foo}"' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%(#{foo})' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %Q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%Q(#{foo})' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/ast/str_node_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/ast/str_node_spec.rb
index 9be2ff23a..0c437191a 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/ast/str_node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/ast/str_node_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 RSpec.describe RuboCop::AST::StrNode do
-  subject(:str_node) { parse_source(source).ast }
+  subject(:str_node) { parsed_source.ast }
+
+  let(:parsed_source) { parse_source(source) }
 
   describe '.new' do
     context 'with a normal string' do
@@ -30,6 +32,98 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#single_quoted?' do
+    context 'with a single-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { "'foo'" }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a double-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { '"foo"' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%q(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %Q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%Q(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a character literal' do
+      let(:source) { '?x' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with an undelimited string within another node' do
+      subject(:str_node) { parsed_source.ast.child_nodes.first }
+
+      let(:source) { '/string/' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#double_quoted?' do
+    context 'with a single-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { "'foo'" }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a double-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { '"foo"' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%q(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %Q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%Q(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a character literal' do
+      let(:source) { '?x' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_double_quoted }
+    end
+
+    context 'with an undelimited string within another node' do
+      subject(:str_node) { parsed_source.ast.child_nodes.first }
+
+      let(:source) { '/string/' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_single_quoted }
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#character_literal?' do
     context 'with a character literal' do
       let(:source) { '?\n' }
@@ -83,4 +177,81 @@
       it { is_expected.to be_heredoc }
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#percent_literal?' do
+    context 'with a single-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { "'foo'" }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a double-quoted string' do
+      let(:source) { '"foo"' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%q(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a %Q() delimited string' do
+      let(:source) { '%Q(foo)' }
+
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with a character literal?' do
+      let(:source) { '?x' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'with an undelimited string within another node' do
+      subject(:str_node) { parsed_source.ast.child_nodes.first }
+
+      let(:source) { '/string/' }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:%) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:q) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to be_percent_literal(:Q) }
+    end
+
+    context 'when given an invalid type' do
+      subject { str_node.percent_literal?(:x) }
+
+      let(:source) { '%q(foo)' }
+
+      it 'raises a KeyError' do
+        expect { str_node.percent_literal?(:x) }.to raise_error(KeyError, 'key not found: :x')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end