This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 211 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 211 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type(s) of figurative language and poetic devices were popular in Anglo Saxon poetry like Beowulf? A) Kennings. B) Metaphors. C) Alliteration. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. What is a word or phrase is written multiple times, usually for the purpose of emphasis. It is often used in poetry (for purposes of rhythm as well)? A) Paradox. B) Soliloquy. C) Smile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 3. A play that ends in death or sadness A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 4. An example of a simile is: A) Life is like a race. B) She raced like a lion. C) She was a lion on the race track. D) Her feet were ravenous as they devoured the race track. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She raced like a lion. 5. Refers to the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. Finish the line to make a rhyme. She liked to run and have lots of ..... A) Skittles. B) Friends. C) Fun. D) Drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fun. 7. A character who undergoes a dramatic inner change A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynamic. 8. The odd frog spots a mottled owl. A) Allusion. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 9. Barking up the wrong tree A) Something good that isn't recognized at first. B) Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person. C) When an attempt fails and it's time to start all over. D) This idiom is used when something is very expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person. 10. In rhetoric, a roundabout description of something ..... verbosity. A) Periphrasis. B) Hyperbaton. C) Mood. D) Simile. E) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periphrasis. 11. A work that symbolizes or represents an idea or event A) Analogy. B) Connotation. C) Allegory. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 12. An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is familiar. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 13. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies." A) Allusion. B) Pun. C) Juxtaposition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 14. Red rose-symbolizes love and romance A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Symbolism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 15. Which literary device is defined as a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition that may contribute to the theme? A) Metaphor. B) Motif. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 16. A poem with fourteen lines using any line of formal rhyme schemes. A) Double entendre. B) Iambic Pentameter. C) Sonnet. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 17. "Long hair is the Greaser's pride." is an example of ..... A) Symbolism. B) Suspense. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 18. The narrator is an outsider telling the story in ..... A) 1st person point of view. B) 3rd person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3rd person point of view. 19. The creation of a believable personality by showing the character's appearance, displaying the character's actions, revealing the character's thoughts, hearing the character speak and seeing the reactions of others to this character A) Foreshadowing. B) Characterization. C) Protagonist. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 20. What do we call the combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning? A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. ← 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