This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 376 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 376 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the literary device used to give human characteristics to non-human entities? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Conjoined contradictory terms is the definition of which term? A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Juxtaposition. D) Paradox. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 3. Example:Gosh, he is romantic; quite the Romeo! A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Assonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 4. A seemingly contradictory statement A) Paradox. B) Idiom. C) Oxymoron. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 5. EXAMPLE:The night was a blanket of darkness. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work A) Theme. B) Point of view. C) Metaphor. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 7. An often repeated phrase, name, or idea is called a A) Motif. B) Assonance. C) Parallelism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 8. This marks the place in a literary work that is the most significant to the main character and/or the plot is the ..... A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Denouement. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 9. The time, place, and circumstances in which a story occur is called A) Setting. B) Climax. C) Mood. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 10. Hissing steam and squeaking metal A) Simile. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 11. Identify the correct literary device:Paula planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot. A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Rhyme. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. Comparison using like or as. Ex:She is as blind as a bat. A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience A) Aside. B) Soliloquy. C) Chorus. D) Tragic remark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aside. 14. Mark's voice is velvet. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. What is science fiction? A) Story passed on from group to group. B) Story about a person written by another person. C) Written verse. D) Fantasy that uses science & technology (robots, machines, computers). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy that uses science & technology (robots, machines, computers). 16. Which literary devices hints at something that will happen later in the text? A) Symbolism. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 17. A hint about events to come (usually bad ones) A) Foreshadowing. B) Exposition. C) Flashback. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 18. Comparing two or more things using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. The turning point of a story A) Irony. B) Motivation. C) Universal theme. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 20. A person's account of his or her life A) Static character. B) Verbal irony. C) Autobiography. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. ← 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