This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 474 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 474 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The way an author builds and develops characters with a text A) Characterization. B) Round character. C) Character foil. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 2. I'm trying to find the remote, but it's like a needle in a haystack. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 3. What literary device is being used in the phrase 'The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page'? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. "Mrs. Gwizdala forcefully pushed the laptop out of the way to snag the popcorn bag." A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Characterization. 5. The time and place where the story takes place. A) Exposition. B) Setting. C) Rising Action. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 6. An object that stands for itself but represents something else A) Metaphor. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 7. Which literary device is used in this example? The red robin rose quickly into the sky. A) Paradox. B) Allegory. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 8. Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure A) Inference. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analyze. 9. Find the adjective in the sentence. I have a smart dog. A) Smart. B) Dog. C) Have. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smart. 10. The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Which of the following might describe the setting of a story? A) A frog and a witch. B) Happy and loving. C) A high school in 1956. D) Love is stronger than fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A high school in 1956. 12. When a word's vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device? A) PERSONIFICATION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) NAME NAMES. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NAME NAMES. 13. Characterization is the way an author reveals what a character is like and how the character changes throughout the story. A) True. B) False. C) Sometimes true. D) There is no such thing as characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. It comes under the sound device and the mimic sounds are used. However, it is used in the literature to add reality or fun to the writing. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 15. His breath smelled like rotting logs in a swamp A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. The color yellow can symbolize ..... A) Darkness. B) Water. C) Happiness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happiness. 17. "Let it go, let it goCan't hold it back anymoreLet it go, let it goTurn away and slam the door" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 18. What is this:It's Raining Cats and Dogs. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 19. When the audience/reader knows something that a character does not. A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Fehlbergian Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 20. The technique of giving human qualities to an object or an idea is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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