This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 335 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 335 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means "an exaggerated statement, not meant to be taken literally" ? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 2. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:I am so hungry I can eat a mountain. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. A character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character. / Un personaje, o un grupo de personajes, que se opone al Protagonista, que es el personaje principal. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Dentist. D) Psychologist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 4. Identify the literary device:"The fire crackled up the stairs" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. The literary device, Conflict, means ..... A) An agreement. B) A struggle between opposing forces. C) A peaceful resolution. D) A conversation between characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A struggle between opposing forces. 6. The time and place in which the main story events occur. A) Theme. B) Pun. C) Setting. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 7. "Mary is as light as a feather" is a A) Noun. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Moana ate like a bear just out of hibernation. Metaphor? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 9. A ..... is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as." A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 10. This device is the central idea of a work of literature: A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Purpose. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 11. A figure of speech in which an animal, object or idea is given a personality and described as a human. A) Simile. B) Epithet. C) Antagonist. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. Figure of thought:One of the two major divisions of figures of speech (the other being rhetorical figures). A) Trope. B) Hyperbaton. C) Mood. D) Peripheresis. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trope. 13. Which example below is an oxymoron? A) Pretty beautiful. B) Pretty tasty. C) Pretty small. D) Pretty ugly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pretty ugly. 14. The specific choice of words used to help determine the style in which the person is speaking or writing A) Lyrics. B) Verse. C) Diction. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 15. '"But there's a catch ..... by the end of the year you must figure out how to make your object say something, express an emotion, speak to everyone who looks at it" ' (12) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. Clues that hint at what's to come A) Repetition. B) Foreshadowing. C) Cliche. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 17. Macbeth kills Duncan and then almost immediately decides that someone else must die because of the witches predictions. Who? A) Malcolm. B) Macduff. C) Banquo. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo. 18. The recording or re-creation of a character's flow of thought A) Ambiguity. B) Foreshadowing. C) Stream of Consciousness. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stream of Consciousness. 19. When you say one thing, but mean the opposite A) Generalization. B) Dialect. C) Tone. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarcasm. 20. Author gives a hint as to what is to come later on in the story A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Foreshadowing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. ← 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