This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 416 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 416 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The use of words to paint a picture appealing to the sense A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 2. A character in the story that is actually telling the story himself/herself. A) 1st person point of view. B) 2nd person point of view. C) 3rd person point of view:objective. D) 3rd person point of view:limited. E) 3rd person point of view:omniscent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person point of view. 3. Generally when something happens that is different from what was expected or holds a different intended meaning than what was stated. A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Euphemism. D) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 4. Usually a side-kick character to a main character; character that is 2 dimensional and are relatively uncomplicated A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat character. 5. The set of acts or circumstances surrounding anevent or a situation in a piece of literature A) Textual Evidence. B) Content. C) Stages of the Journey. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Content. 6. Which figure of speech compares two different things without the words 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Comparison. C) Literal. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. Buzz, boom, bark. These words are an example of what? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 8. A figure of speech that refers to someone or something famous A) Allusion. B) Symbol. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 9. MULTUM IN PARVO is anexample of the figure of speechknown as: A) Anaphora. B) Twenty days. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 10. DEFINITION:What is personification? A) Language that gives human qualities to non-human things. B) Language that uses a real-life object to represent a deeper idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language that gives human qualities to non-human things. 11. The following is an example of what type of literary device:a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground. A) Verbal Irony. B) Simile. C) Situational Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 12. After playing in the snow all day, John's skin was as cold as ice A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Which word means to compare using 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. "The sun rolled up, hung at mid heaven and wheeled westward." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. When your friend fails a class, and you are happy because you have all passing grades. A) Tone. B) Person vs. technology. C) Sympathy. D) Apathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apathy. 16. A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words like or as A) Simile. B) Situational irony. C) Suspense. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Juliet is the sun. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. Which word means "a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc." A) Vigilant. B) Hierarchy. C) Grimaced. D) Muted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grimaced. 19. Fionna is good at sports, earns high grades in school, has a lot of friends, and is also an amazing artist. Her friends tell her she has the "Midas Touch." What does this allusion mean? A) Everything is going her way and she doesn't have to work very hard for all she has. B) Everything she touches turns to gold. C) She is arrogant and thinks she is a queen. D) She turns to gold when someone touches her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everything is going her way and she doesn't have to work very hard for all she has. 20. What is a utopia? A) A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. B) A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant. C) An ideal society. D) A contrast between expectation and reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An ideal society. ← 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