This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When what is unexpected happens; it is used in literature to entertain or create suspense A) Rising Actions. B) Diction. C) Irony. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 2. Similarity in sound between vowels in words next to each other A) Alliteration. B) Pun. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 3. Any image or thing that stands for something else. In literature, this literary element can often be characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas. Example:Albert Einstein is the ultimate ..... of intelligence and scientific genius. A) Suspense. B) Symbol. C) Aside. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 4. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 5. Repetition of ending (of the word or stressed syllable) consonant sound A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 6. A character foil is ..... A) The main character. B) Someone whose traits reflect and emphasize the main character. C) A badly written character. D) A character who is inspired by the author's own life . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone whose traits reflect and emphasize the main character. 7. "The table played a cruel joke on Mrs. Cook when it collapsed as she placed her coffee on it." What human characteristic is being given? A) Playing. B) Collapsing. C) Not liking coffee. D) Tabling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing. 8. The repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words A) Onomatopoeia. B) Haiku. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 9. Sequence of events and happenings that make up a story. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Motif. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 10. Character type that changes throughout the course of the story A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynamic character. 11. "I know that I know nothing" is an example of what? A) Pun. B) Paradiddle. C) Paradox. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 12. A reference to a real or fictional person, place, event or work of art A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Satire. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 13. The lazy cloud refused to move away from the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. What literary device is being used? "War is peace." A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 15. Point out the answer that uses Alliteration. A) Sweet Sarah smiles at me while we play. B) The bright lights hurt our eyes. C) Brave Thomas sticks his ground against bullies. D) My annoying sister wakes me up too early!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweet Sarah smiles at me while we play. 16. If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 17. When the actual (plot) outcome is the opposite of the expected outcome-this is the definition for ..... A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 18. An object that has literal meaning and a deeper meaning A) Theme. B) Allusion. C) Symbol. D) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 19. What kind of narration is used below:"You need to leave, " I told the man, because it is getting late. A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. 20. Identify the literary device: "Because we never subscribed to newspapers or magazines, I'd never known what was going on in the world, except for the skewed version of event we got from Mom and Dad ..... one in which every politician was a crook, every cop was a thug, and every criminal had been framed." A) Motif. B) Metaphor. C) Syntax. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. ← 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