This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 359 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 359 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Descriptive and figurative language to create a picture in the reader's mind, especially referring to the senses. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 2. The repetition of words that begin with the same sound A) Extended metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. A situation in which a character must choose between two course of action, both undesirable A) Mystery. B) Inversion. C) Dilemma. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dilemma. 4. A figure of speech which contains word that contradicts with each other is called ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metonymy. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 5. Identify the type of irony:In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is. A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 6. A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning:a literal and one or more symbolic levels A) Allegory. B) Idiom. C) Diction. D) Nuance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 7. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'The moonlight danced on the water'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. Identify the following literary device in the passage: "What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil" (Weisel 2). A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Idiom. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 9. Literary devices apply to ..... A) Individual words and short phrases. B) Whole sentences and long phrases. C) The entire structure of a piece. D) Any of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any of the above. 10. "She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door" is ..... A) Personification. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. Who killed Macbeth? A) Banquo. B) Macduff. C) Lady Macbeth. D) A weasel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 12. The fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" is an example of this. A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 13. When and where a story (or scene of a story) takes place is the A) Setting. B) Characterization. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 14. What is a character's attributes? A) Words used to describe a character's traits, feelings, or motivations. B) A character's problem or conflict. C) A character's clothing. D) A character's best friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words used to describe a character's traits, feelings, or motivations. 15. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Usually uses like or as.Eg His room was like a pig sty. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Foreshadowing. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Events after the turning point that begin to resolve the story A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling action. 17. Words and phrases that paint a pictureand appeal to the readers 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell or taste) A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. It rains on Mary's wedding day. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not Ironic. 19. Literary conflict (man vs. man, self, nature, etc.) is a ..... A) Literary Element. B) Literary Technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Element. 20. It is also known as a rhetorical device. A) Literary Device. B) Computer device. C) Poetic Device. D) Dramatic device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Device. ← 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