This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 312 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 312 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur or exist does occur or exist A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 2. In The Outsiders, Greaser hair was an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 3. The audience knows information the characters in the story do not know A) Paradox. B) Apostrophe. C) Situational irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic irony. 4. When a person is portrayed in a fixed way A) Stereotype. B) Compound words. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotype. 5. A literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader. A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Foil. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 6. Word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. Archetype A) A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. B) An idea that many people have about a person or a group of people that is usually untrue or only partly true. C) An idea, symbol, pattern, or character type in a story. D) The way an author describes a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An idea, symbol, pattern, or character type in a story. 8. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. This is an example of (a) A) A Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Simile. 9. It is repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of the words. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 10. When the reader knows something the Character in the story dose not A) Irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic Irony. 11. A fire hydrant on fire is an example of A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 12. Complete the simile.As tall as a ..... A) Pig. B) Worm. C) Giraffe. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giraffe. 13. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The raven is a symbol of death and misfortune in many cultures.' A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 14. A contrast or opposition between two different ideas or phrases A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Ambiguity. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 15. Mark is as fast as a cheetah. This is an example of the following: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Celebrity Ghost Stories uses scary music and flashing lights to create the sense of fear. What type of literary device do they use to build this? A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Sarcasm. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 17. I saw a big, blue bird A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. Which literary device is the way a story is told or the sequence of events in a story? A) Narrative. B) Litotes. C) Dialogue. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 19. Repetition of the same sounds in two or more words at the end of the line A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 20. "This rat was not just eating the sugar. He was bathing in it, wallowing in it, positively luxuriating in it, his flickering tail hanging over the side of the bowl, flinging sugar across the table." Which literary device is NOT in the above quote? A) Imagery. B) Syntax. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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