This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 200 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 200 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are characters? A) The people or animals in a story. B) Symbols like emojis. C) The time and place of a story. D) A force that works against the protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people or animals in a story. 2. "The snake slowly, silently, slithered towards its prey" is an example of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. My eyes widened at the sight of the mile-high sundaes that were brought to our table. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme. Poets who write in free verse try to reproduce that natural rhythms of spoken language. A) Foreshadowing. B) Point of view. C) Free verse. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free verse. 5. A writer's central idea or main message A) Moral or the story. B) Connotation. C) Theme. D) Main Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 6. The audience knows something that the characters do not know Ex. When Lennie walks in Crooks's room. (Lennie does not know that he is unwanted in there.) A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Drama. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 7. "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." A) Metaphor. B) Epithet. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 8. The use of related words in place of what is really being talked about. A) Synecdoche. B) Irony. C) Metonymy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 9. What quality makes two characters foils? A) They get along. B) They are opposites. C) They are the same age. D) They do the same things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are opposites. 10. The smallest part of a word you can say by itself is a A) Rhyme. B) Syllable. C) Alliteration. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Syllable. 11. A character who demonstrates complexity and who develops or changes over the course of a story A) Main character. B) Dynamic character. C) Static character. D) Character motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 12. Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 13. A character who makes a change throughout the story A) Antagonist. B) Dynamic character. C) Protagonist. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 14. An exaggerated statement is called a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you. A) Inversion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 16. An epic hero possesses such great strength and courage that he receives no assistance from anyone, mortal or otherwise, during battle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Which literary device does this example represent? "I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. ..... are the essential parts of storytelling that are found in almost all types of literary and narrative writing. A) Literary Devices. B) Literary Themes. C) Literary Characters. D) Literary Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Themes. 19. "The fall leaves were bright orange and red against the baby blue sky. The smell of a campfire floated through the air. The wind rustled the crisp fallen leaves across the pavement." This passage is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 20. Morning cacophony:Hiss, slurp, hush, scream ..... MOM!!! A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopoeia. ← 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