This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The fireworks went Boom" is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. This type of conflict is a struggle between a character and an outside force. A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 3. Her smile is the sunrise. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Read the sentence and identify the literary device that is used in it. Then, choose the correct answer: "She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door." A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 5. An object in literature represents something greater (an idea or a mood). A) Irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Suspense. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 6. The atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion or feeling from the audience. A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 7. A reference to something famous or well known to the audience is called A) Illusion. B) Call to action. C) Rhetoric. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 8. Loyalty, hospitality, intelligence, family, self-control, courage A) Intervention of the gods. B) Allusion. C) Mood. D) Greek values. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek values. 9. When the story tells us the way a character is A) Indirect Characterization. B) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Characterization. 10. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words:Sarah sighed and sank into the sand. A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. Grade 9 Rome are Romans of this generation. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. "Peter was a very lazy student. He did very little in class and never turned in his homework. " A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 13. What literary device involves the use of contradictory words in a sentence? A) Paradox. B) Symbolism. C) Connotation. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 14. Identify the literary device being used:"Lana paced up and down the hall, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope." A) Imagery. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 15. The character is in conflict with another person in the drama is called ..... A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External conflict. 16. A person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else A) Idiom. B) Symbol. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 17. Which of these are considered symbolism for love? A) Ring. B) Heart. C) Dove. D) Wreath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart. 18. A word that resembles the sound it represents is a/an ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 19. A rhetorical or literary construction in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or modified form (e.g., "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.") A) Metonymy. B) Anaphora. C) Juxtaposition. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 20. Two negatives that make a vague positive (e.g., not bad) A) Litotes. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books