This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 399 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 399 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Characteristics about a character are revealed rather than explicitly stating them A) Direct characterization. B) Basic characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) Plot characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect characterization. 2. The person who helps the actors. A) Dialogue. B) Director. C) Props. D) Set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Director. 3. Sarcasm;"gee, thanks for spilling coffee on my new shirt" A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 4. Which of the following is an analogy? A) The sun was like a lightbulb. B) She was a lion, fierce and fearless. C) Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. D) She sells sea shells by the seashore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just as a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer. 5. An important idea woven throughout a story is called ..... A) Symbolism. B) Theme. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 6. The point of view of a story where the pronouns I or me are used when the narrator is speaking A) 3rd person point of view. B) 2nd person point of view. C) 1st person point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st person point of view. 7. Click, Clack, Boom. What are these words an example of? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 8. This is the author's implicit attitude toward the reader or the people, places, and events in a work. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Diction. D) Unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 9. A saying that doesn't mean the literal definition of the words. A) Idiom. B) Ideation. C) Idiosyncratic expression. D) Distinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. Rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 11. When you came into my life, it was the end of my winterWhat literary device has been used? A) Hyperbole. B) Flashback. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 12. "Life is like a box of chocolates" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. A personal view, attitude, or appraisal. A) Neutral. B) Opinion. C) Logical. D) Passionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 14. There are ..... types of conflict. A) 1, external. B) 2, internal and external. C) 3, internal, external, nocturnal. D) 4, internal, external, nocturnal, eternal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2, internal and external. 15. His snoring is louder than a freight train barreling through his room. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. You hit the nail on the head! A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 17. "The gunshot was so loud that it was heard around the world, " is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. Example:The ice was as smooth as glass before skaters entered the rink. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. It is giving human traits or attributes to animals, inanimate objects or other non-human things. A) Antagonist. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropomorphism. 20. Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and also stands for something larger than itself, like a value, quality or belief. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. ← 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