This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 107 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 107 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The brown grass was begging for water. A) Malapropism. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Two characters who have opposite personalities reveal the traits of the other character, like Cinderella and her stepsisters. A) Allusion. B) Archetype. C) Foil. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foil. 3. The cake Shelly bought was as sweet as A) Candy. B) Chocolate. C) Beetroot. D) Cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candy. 4. "She's as strong as a bear." A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. Cost an arm and a leg A) When someone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives. B) When something is done badly to save money. C) This idiom is used when something is very expensive. D) This idiom is used to express "Don't make plans for something that might not happen" . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This idiom is used when something is very expensive. 6. The character that is trying to overcome adversity A) Antagonist. B) Imagery. C) Protagonist. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 7. How an author uses language; the combined defining elements of how language is used within a literary work by an author. A) Figurative language. B) Style. C) Metaphor. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Style. 8. Vivid descriptions that appeal to a reader's 5 senses A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 9. Associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Diction. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 10. The use of humor, reversal, exaggeration, or incongruity to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues is ..... A) Satire. B) Irony. C) Shakespearian insults. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satire. 11. A person, place, or thing that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself A) Symbol. B) Static. C) Irony. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 12. When a protagonist has a strong belief against the majority of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it. A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Nature. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs. Society. 13. Why should you use figurative language in your writing? A) It is an ineffective way of communicating an idea that is otherwise easily expressed. B) It is an effective way of communicating an idea that is not easily expressed. C) It is an effective way of confusing readers. D) Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Frost used figurative language in their writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is an effective way of communicating an idea that is not easily expressed. 14. What type of sentence is the following: "What is your favorite thing to eat for Thanksgiving?" A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 15. What literary device is the following?Icy hot A) Oxymoron. B) Anaphora. C) Pun. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 16. A literary work that tells a story and is meant to be acted out and performed. A) Act. B) Drama. C) Scene. D) Script. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 17. A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect A) Hyperbole. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. "Do not go gentle into that good night" uses night as a symbol for what? A) Night. B) Death. C) Fight. D) Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 19. What is the definition of a paradox in literature? A) A statement that contradicts itself. B) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. C) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. D) Attributing human qualities to non-human entities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement that contradicts itself. 20. Which literary device is this:chocolate is his Kryptonite A) Paradox. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books