This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 76 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The narrator is someone outside the action, rather than a character. A) First person point of view. B) Third person onmniscient. C) Third person point of view. D) Second person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person point of view. 2. A figure of speech that uses seeming contradictions, as "cruel kindness" or "make haste slowly" A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 3. 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". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compare two unlike things using a word of comparison such as "like". 4. We're busy doing nothing. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 5. Imagine you are sitting by a calm lake, reading a poem where the 's' sound is repeated frequently to mimic the sound of the gentle waves. What is this technique called? A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 6. "Your love is a symphonyAll around meRunning through me Your love is a melodyUnderneath meRunning to me" -Switchfoot, "Your Love is a Song" A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. Dramatic irony is when the audience is in on a secret that the ..... A) Characters have missed. B) Author is uncertain about. C) Characters don't want them to know. D) Audience, characters, and author are uncertain about. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters have missed. 8. The message or lesson the author is trying to convey in a literary piece. A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 9. A teacher forgets her homework and isn't able to grade the students' papers. A) Not Ironic. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 10. Identify the theme of this passage: A) Slow and steady wins the race. B) We are stronger together than we are apart. C) Don't be lazy. D) Being independent has negative consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We are stronger together than we are apart. 11. Characters in a drama that are opposite in nature that highlight each other's qualities. A) Pun. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foil. 12. Make this a simile.She sings ..... A) At lunch. B) Very well. C) Like a bird. D) At the crowd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like a bird. 13. The literary device, Symbol, means ..... A) A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. B) The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman. C) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. D) The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning. 14. The example highlighted below is an example of? The wind whipped the branches all around, As the rain fell silently to the ground. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme (end rhyme). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme (end rhyme). 15. Name, law, custom, order A) Meter. B) Nom. C) Geo. D) Bull. E) Astro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nom. 16. When a character tells the story from his/her point of view;uses words like I, me, we, us to refer to himself or herself A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. 17. We can learn a lot about a character if we pay attention to how other people feel and act in reaction to this character.This type of characterization falls under which category? A) Actions. B) Looks. C) Effects on Others. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effects on Others. 18. When something stands for or represents something beyond itself. A) Aphorism. B) Symbolism. C) Sign. D) Metaphysical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 19. Trapped on a dessert island, Samantha must learn how to survive the elements until she is rescued. A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External Conflict. 20. A dignitary would enter the room with great ..... A) Minutiae. B) Penchant. C) Decorum. D) Rivulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decorum. 21. Formation or the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 22. Which literary device is used to make a non-human object or idea seem human? A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 23. The mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel A) Theme. B) Purpose. C) Allusion. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 24. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 25. " ..... attack follows attack along the weakening, retreating, crumbling lines, " A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Parallelism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 26. This is an example of which literary device? Do you ever feel like a plastic bagDrifting through the wind, wanting to start again? A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 27. Identify the personification in the following sentence:'The stars winked in the night sky.'a) stars winkedb) in the night skyc) Thed) night sky A) The. B) In the night sky. C) Stars winked. D) Night sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stars winked. 28. Comparing one thing to another without using "like" or "as" . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 29. The point of view where the reader only knows the actions and saying of the characters is called ..... A) Second person. B) First person. C) Omniscient. D) Third person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person. 30. A character that undergoes an internal change throughout the story. A) Flat. B) Static. C) Dynamic. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic. 31. "Two geological ages later, we heard the soles of Atticus's shoes scrape the front steps." -TKAM, Ch 11 A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 32. Why did Charles Dickens write this play? A) To remind poor people of how awful wealthy people actually are. B) To make a lot of money. C) To entertain the wealthy people. D) To remind wealthy people of the conditions the poor people were living in, in the hopes that they would help alleviate their suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To remind wealthy people of the conditions the poor people were living in, in the hopes that they would help alleviate their suffering. 33. My dog has a bark as loud as thunder. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 34. "The snow was a white blanket over the town." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 35. Writing that attempts to show life as it really is. A) Historic fiction. B) Science fiction. C) Realistic fiction. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realistic fiction. 36. The movement is a rhythm to us. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 37. In the poem, "gifted" Woodson repeats the following lines:Odella has acheivedOdella has excelled atOdella has been recommended to Why does Woodson choose to repeat these words? A) To show how Odella is a strong writer. B) To highlight Odella's power. C) To show Odella's personality. D) To highlight Jackie's feeling of unworthiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To highlight Jackie's feeling of unworthiness. 38. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 39. Time flies by! Is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 40. What is the point of view? A) Struggle between two opposing forces. B) The time, place and circumstances of a story. C) The perspective from which the story is told. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The perspective from which the story is told. 41. How the author's specific use of words makes his or her writing distinctive. A) Point of View. B) Personification. C) Style. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Style. 42. Interruption of the chronological (time) order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story. A) Free Verse. B) Humor. C) Foreshadow. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 43. What is this an example of? "What do I do? What do I do? This library book is 42 Years overdue." A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 44. Where does the repetition of consonant sounds take place? A) Middle of word. B) End of word. C) After the word. D) Beginning of word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beginning of word. 45. "I have a million things to do" is an example of which Literary Device? A) Epiphany. B) Hyperbole. C) Elegy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 46. A nonhuman thing, like a desk, is given a human characteristic. A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 47. Which sentence shows commas separating items in a list? A) Carlos wants to visit Paris, Italy, Germany, and China. B) My favorite colors are blue, red and pink. C) I like, to go hiking fishing swimming and camping during summer. D) I have to clean my room, walk the dog and take out the trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carlos wants to visit Paris, Italy, Germany, and China. 48. Batman vs. Superman is an example of ..... A) Man vs. Self. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Man. D) Man vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. Man. 49. Exactly a year ago, I promised myself that I would be fit enough to run a race. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 50. Obsession with one object or idea A) Kleptomania. B) Bibliology. C) Bibliophobia. D) Biblioklept. E) Obsession. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Obsession. 51. Which literary device is shown here?70 infelix Lethaea, tuae, iunctissima quondam, 71 pectora, nunc lapides, quos umida sustinet Ide. A) Consonance. B) Hyperbaton. C) Antithesis. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 52. When the character has inner turmoil, overwhelming feelings, or life-changing decisions A) Person v. self. B) Person v. society. C) Person v. nature. D) Person v. person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person v. self. 53. "marvelous new militancy" and "sweltering summer" are both examples of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Anaphora. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 54. What is the setting of Nimh? A) Under a rock. B) The forest. C) In rose bush. D) Mr. Fitzgiddon's farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Fitzgiddon's farm. 55. A metaphor that is not explicit is called A) Inferred. B) Dead. C) Extended. D) Vehicle / tenor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inferred. 56. A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like", "as", or "as if" . A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 57. "She had both ears plugged with electronic bees ..... " A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 58. Changes as a result of the story's action A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Antagonist. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 59. First person POV uses I, ME, and MY A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. A hint at what happens later in the story A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books