This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 504 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 504 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is the author's type of diction. A) Format. B) Harry Styles. C) Style. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Style. 2. "Steak is a very delicious meat that is typically enjoyed at dinner time." A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 3. A phrase or group of words that is commonly used but does not have a literal meaning, A) Idiom. B) Irony. C) Myth. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 4. Third Person Point of View is: A) The narrator. B) The character. C) Everyone. D) Mickey Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator. 5. In our poem of the day this week, the bells represent something bigger than themselves. (The silver bells represent the holidays, the wedding bells represent happiness) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Flashback. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 6. Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work is called ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 7. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." (Shakespeare) A) Synthesis. B) Synecdoche. C) Anaphora. D) Growing tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Growing tricolon. 8. A story that can reveal a hidden truth A) Adage. B) Allegory. C) Climax. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 9. "Oh, Life, why are you so hard?" This is an example of ..... A) Character. B) Speaker. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 10. Mike took his book to the library to renew it for one more week. This is ..... point of view. A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. 11. "The thunderous waves crashed against the rocks."This sentence is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. The author shows us what the character is like through actions, dialogue, etc. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 13. "Long live the rose ..... " A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. If it's raining outside, but I say "What a beautiful day!" What type of irony is this? A) Situational Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony. 15. The author tells the story, using third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks, feels, sees, or hears. A) Linear structure. B) First person point of view. C) Nonlinear structure. D) Limited omniscient point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limited omniscient point of view. 16. What is the definition of a rhyming couplet? A) A rhyming couplet is a pair of lines in a poem or song that do not rhyme. B) A rhyming couplet is a single line in a poem or song that rhymes with another line. C) A rhyming couplet is a pair of lines in a poem or song that have different meters. D) A rhyming couplet is a pair of lines in a poem or song that rhyme and usually have the same meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rhyming couplet is a pair of lines in a poem or song that rhyme and usually have the same meter. 17. I tried to call you a million times last night! A) Imagery. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 18. The time, place and duration of a literary work is the ..... A) Climax. B) Falling action. C) Setting. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 19. Which of the following is used in the sentence? "There is something fishy going on, " mom said. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Idiom. 20. Correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, especially when used in poetry. A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. ← 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