This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 176 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 176 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference to something we should be familiar with or a classic piece of literature. A) Symbolism. B) Mood. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 2. This is when the main character and setting are introduced. The backstory is established. A) Setting. B) Exposition. C) Rising Action. D) Inciting Incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 3. Which of the following is a hyperbole? a) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. b) I'm very hungry. c) I need something to eat. A) I'm very full. B) I don't need anything to eat. C) I could eat a small snack. D) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 4. Language that appeals to the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch and/or taste A) Imagery. B) Author's Style. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. Which literary device places two things side by side for comparison or contrast? A) Invective. B) Dialogue. C) Foreshadowing. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 6. The narrator is a character in the story, uses I, me, my, we, our A) 1st person point of view. B) Dramatic irony. C) 3rd person point of view. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person point of view. 7. Who does Liesel start writing a letter to? A) Just some sausmench. B) Her birth mother. C) Rosa. D) Sister Maria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her birth mother. 8. Which device is "comparing two unlike things, saying one thing IS another thing" (does not use the words 'like' or 'as')? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Which of the following CANNOT be a symbol A) Love. B) Frogs. C) Boats. D) Snakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love. 10. Which one is an example of alliteration A) Blind as a bat. B) He is a shining star. C) Big Blue baseball bat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big Blue baseball bat. 11. Which of the following is when the "Author reveals a character through:dialogue, action, or thoughts. Readers have to guess what a character is like based on clues in the text?" A) Indirect characterization. B) Static character. C) Dynamic character. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect characterization. 12. A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a common belief is called a(n) ..... A) Anecdote. B) Rhetoric. C) Allusion. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aphorism. 13. The car complain as the key was roughly put into its ignition. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. A ..... character remains the same throughout the story. A) Dynamic. B) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Static. 15. The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come A) Soliloquy. B) Foreshadowing. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 16. What are words which attempt to imitate sounds? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 17. An extreme over-exaggeration in order to prove a point or serve a purpose A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. The story "Click-Clack the Rattlebag" is written in the first person point of view. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. She spilled the beans A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 20. These lines come from a poem called "Seal." See how he darts/ Through his watery room" They show an example of A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← 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