This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A character that is not explained well by the author. The reader knows very little about this character. A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 2. "I've already told Amy to be quiet a thousand times!" is an example of A) Imagery. B) Allegory. C) Theme. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 3. Odysseus-"The honey smell was invading him ..... "(4) A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. In the story told by Grace, 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky as William and Abigail watched in awe', which literary device is used? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. What literary device is "BOOM" ? A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. What literary device is used in this lyric? That you were Romeo, you were throwin' pebblesAnd my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"And I was cryin' on the staircaseBeggin' you, "Please don't go, " and I said Romeo, take me somewhere we can be aloneI'll be waiting, all there's left to do is runYou'll be the prince and I'll be the princessIt's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes" . A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Connotation. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. This character does NOT change, have a transformation, or learn a lesson throughout the story. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Static. 9. Uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. What are the series of events leading to the where the story wraps up? A) Resolution. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling action. 11. The dog is as mean as a witch A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 12. Refers to words that sound like the thing they're referring to. A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 13. Age is a state of mind. This is a ..... A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. BONUS:I have no doors, but I have keys. I have no rooms but you do have space. But you can never leave A) House. B) Car. C) Keyboard. D) Mousetrap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keyboard. 15. What is a Memoir? A) An account of a person's life written by that person. B) An account of a memorable event in a persons life. C) An account of someone's life written by someone else. D) A spoken or written account of connected events; a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An account of a memorable event in a persons life. 16. A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. Something is something else A) Tone. B) Speaker. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 17. The reversal of the normal order of words is the definition of what term? A) Inversion. B) Hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing. D) Euphemism. E) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 18. A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 19. "That old pizza has really made my stomach angry with me." This is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. "The cloud ticked 'BOOM' early in the morning" is A) Pun. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. ← 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