This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 403 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 403 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I will not eat them in a house. I will not eat them with a mouse" is an example of A) Rhyme and repetition. B) Alliteration and mood. C) Onomatopoeia and rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme and repetition. 2. The story takes place in New York, 1776 during the Revolutionary War. This is an example of which literary device? A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 3. The opposition of forces within a story and can be external or internal A) Analogy. B) Conflict. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 4. A line or lines that are repeated in a poem is ..... A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Stanza. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 5. Comparison of unlike objects that does not use "like" or "as" A) Smilie. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. Who is an antagonist? A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. B) A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else. C) A literary element or a literary structure found in fictional writing. D) The time and place in which a story is set. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. 7. What is a descriptive word or phrase that expresses a quality or characteristic of a person or thing? A) Anthropomorphism. B) Epithet. C) Euphemism. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithet. 8. Dove = Peace would be an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 9. When the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, A) Diction. B) Flashback. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 10. What are the tools writers use to to help the reader see things in a different way? A) Literary devices. B) Pens. C) Personification. D) Copy rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary devices. 11. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a group or words close together A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. What is the literary definition of symbolism? A) Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison. B) People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves. C) Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else. D) Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves. 13. A device where the order of the noun and adjective in a sentence have been swapped. A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Anastrophe. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anastrophe. 14. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be take literally. A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 15. A physical map shows A) Mountain ranges. B) Rives. C) Boundaries. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 16. The sea rumbled and hissed A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. Definition-An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point, and can be ridiculous or funny. Example-I'm so tired I cannot walk another inch. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. The intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining something unreal or impossible in reality. A) Red herring. B) Suspension of disbelief. C) Ignorance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspension of disbelief. 19. He did not realize his last chance was walking out the door. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. A person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. ← 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