This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 380 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 380 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Used to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. A) Irony. B) Characterization. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 2. Tommy takes ten turns on the swing A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. The repetition of "What a sound. And what a voice!" in the folktale "A Little Frog" is an example of A) Parallelism. B) A symbol. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 4. The type of irony that occurs when readers know more about a situation or a character in a story than the characters do is ..... A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Symbolic irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 5. The Wicked Witch of the West wandered to Washington, DC to witness her sister's wedding. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allegory. C) Alliteration. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 6. The way in which words are used in speech or writing. A) Verbs. B) Point of view. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 7. She is as innocent as an angel A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. A long speech entirely delivered by a single performer A) Soliloquy. B) Blank Verse. C) Monologue. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 9. "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" used what sound device? A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 10. Stop being a couch potato! Turn off the TV and do something with your life. A) A person who spends a lot of time watching television with little or no physical activity. B) To take a break. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who spends a lot of time watching television with little or no physical activity. 11. Which part of the plot diagram is the "return to new normal?" A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Climax. D) Denouement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Denouement. 12. Which definition is correct for the following term:Antagonist A) A disagreement or altercation between two or more characters. B) The character who goes against the main character. C) A disagreement or altercation within a character's mind/conscience. D) The moral or lesson the author communicates through the story's plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The character who goes against the main character. 13. Description evoking the use of the fives senses. A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 14. Jim was stacking boxes at work. There was a certain height he had to reach. He stretched his body, but could not reach to place the final box at the top. Bill happened to see Jim struggling and came to his rescue, since he was a foot taller. A) Teamwork can accomplish a goal. B) Tall people are the best. C) Work hard to reach a goal. D) People can be like boxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teamwork can accomplish a goal. 15. "I have a million things to do today, " complained Mrs. Gilbert as she loaded the twins into the car. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. Which of the following is NOT an element of style? A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Figurative language. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 17. A figure of speech in which a term is applied to something it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance. A) Simile. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 18. Bang! The plate crashed to the floor. A) Alliteration-example. B) Assonance-example. C) Imagery-example. D) Onomatopoeia-example. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia-example. 19. A static character is a character that ..... A) Does not change throughout the story. B) Has a lot of static electricity. C) Changes at some point during the story. D) Is evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does not change throughout the story. 20. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Christian turned over a new leaf. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Idiom. ← 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