This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A word that has the opposite meaning of another word. A) Synonym. B) Antonym. C) Diction. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonym. 2. Excessive preoccupation with books A) Biblioklept. B) Bibliology. C) Bibliophile. D) Bibliomania. E) Bibliophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bibliomania. 3. A figurative technique that makes a comparison using "like" or "as." A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. Which of these is an allusion? A) David Blane the magician. B) I made the quarter disaapear. C) Wow she was mad. Who dropped a house on her sister?. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wow she was mad. Who dropped a house on her sister?. 5. A description that appeals to one's five senses A) Allusion. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 6. Pop, Zap, Zoom, Buzz A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time. A) Soliloquy. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 8. Lit. form that is lengthy and fiction, usually includes chapters A) Novel. B) Short story. C) Poetry. D) Play/drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 9. Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally A) Simile. B) Point of view. C) Figurative language. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 10. A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings, like "The food tasted eggsellent." A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 11. This type of irony creates a surprise ending that defies the audience's exception. (We expect one thing, but we get another). A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Ironing board. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 12. You might use a Venn Diagram to analyze this type of text structure. A) Cause & effect. B) Sequence. C) Compare & contrast. D) Problem & solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare & contrast. 13. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight." This sentence is an example of what literary technique? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Inference. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. What is a dynamic character? A) A character who undergoes a significant internal change throughout the course of a story. B) A character seen exhibiting many emotions who becomes well-known by the reader. C) A character who exhibits few emotions and is not well-known by the reader. D) The character who remains the same throughout the course of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A character who undergoes a significant internal change throughout the course of a story. 15. That plane ride took forever! A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. An object or animal spoken of as if it has human feelings, thoughts or attitude A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Dilution grays the sight, blurs the light, and light so blurred can lead to confusion. A) Antimetabole. B) Alliteration. C) Folding. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Folding. 18. The perspective from which the story is told A) Foreshadowing. B) Setting. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 19. Spot the personification in the sentence:The flowers danced in the gentle breeze. A) The flowers laughed. B) The flowers danced. C) The flowers sang. D) The flowers slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The flowers danced. 20. The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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