This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 155 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 155 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A message that is directly stated or is immediately obvious to the reader A) Stated Theme. B) Implied Theme. C) Recurring Theme. D) Universal Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stated Theme. 2. Reasons behind a character's actions A) Foreshadowing. B) Conflict. C) Stereotype. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motivation. 3. Free-Verse A) Does not rhyme or have a regular meter. B) Regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does not rhyme or have a regular meter. 4. Which literary device is employed in the sentence: "The child is father of the man." (William Wordsworth) A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 5. A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. He was a bear in the the goal. A) Simile. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. Some students sing silly songs on Saturday. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. Seeing seashells side by side sadly stopped her. A) Consonance. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Dissonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 8. "The fruit was stacked box upon box" and "Read my lips:no new taxes, no new taxes' are examples of: A) Emotive Words. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 9. My backpack weighs a ton! A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 10. I will ask the professor for his unbiased opinion. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 11. A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction. A) Ambiguity. B) Apostrophe. C) Paradox. D) Overstatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 12. Taking a new object, character, or event and making it the embodiment of some human concern by attaching meaning to it. A) Invented Symbol. B) Inherited Symbol. C) Rising Action. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invented Symbol. 13. I can't get changed that quickly, I'm not Superman! A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 14. Read the following passage. "We did it! We did it! We did it!" Mei boasted, slapping her hand against the table, scattering toast crumbs, knocking aside teaspoons and almost smearing the butter in her zeal. "Whoa!" her brother exclaimed, startled. "Well, congratulations!" Mei stood up and triumphantly strutted around the kitchen, transforming her walk around the breakfast table into a victory parade.Her brother laughed, surprised and amused. "Who are you, and what have you done with my sister, Mei?" he teased. Based on the passage, what can you infer about the main character Mei? A) Mei is always outgoing and loud. B) May is timid. C) Mei is not very athletic. D) Mei is not usually so boastful and energetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mei is not usually so boastful and energetic. 15. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'His heart is as cold as ice'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Extreme pride and arrogance shown by a character, which ultimately brings about his downfall. A) Antagonist. B) Motif. C) Hubris. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hubris. 17. Stumbling, grumbling, and mumbling, the students came into class, it was Friday. A) Consonance. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Dissonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 18. Which literary device is used to present events that have happened before the present time in a story? A) Plot twist. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 19. My hand is as cold as snow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. What does "like finding a needle in the haystack" mean? A) Looking for something small in a huge space. B) Sometimes it is easier to understand a picture than a description. C) Listening intently. D) Everything is going your way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking for something small in a huge space. ← 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