This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 464 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 464 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main character in a text is also known as the ..... A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Narrator. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 2. "Bow, wow" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. A story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events. A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 4. After the walk through the desert, Kim's tongue felt dry as a bone. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. When words are used to imitate the sound they are/actually make. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. Words that rhyme inside a line a poetry A) True Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Near/Half Rhyme. D) Eye Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Rhyme. 7. A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects. A) Analogy. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 8. "One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. The pencil jumped off the table A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. A / An ..... is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone (or something) that is not present or cannot respond in reality. A) Apostrophe. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 11. The calm before the storm A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 12. What literary device is used to create a mental image by using words that appeal to the senses? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 13. Which of the following choices is an example of a hyperbole? A) Her smile was a mile wide. B) The stage was as bright as a star. C) He flashed his Cheshire-cat smile at the audience. D) The sun is smiling on us today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her smile was a mile wide. 14. Imagine you're watching a movie and suddenly a scene from the past pops up in the present. That's called a flash back, right? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Which type of figurative language uses words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss, " "buzz, " "slam, " and "boom" A) Symbolism. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 16. Foreshadowing refers to events that happened in the past A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Which would be the most effective concluding sentence? A) The author clearly demonstrates what a terrible experience he had in this expensive restaurant. B) One would expect more from a Michelin star restaurant in Paris. C) This is what you get when you are rich and you don't have common sense. D) As a result of this review, I will never go to this restaurant in Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One would expect more from a Michelin star restaurant in Paris. 18. Person v. PersonPerson v. NaturePerson v. SocietyPerson v. MachinePerson v. Supernatural A) Characterization. B) Internal conflict. C) Conflict. D) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External conflict. 19. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The rose is a symbol of love'? A) Alliteration. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 20. Having a dove represent the idea of peace is an example of A) Symbolism. B) Analogy. C) Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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