This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 544 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 544 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character by what:he/she does or says, other characters say about him/her, or how they react to him/her, the author reveals directly or through a narrator. A) Consonance. B) Parallel structure. C) Repetition. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 2. There was a loud bang when the door shut. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 3. "Does it stink like rotten meat?" is an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. Just as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our comfort zone. What type of figurative language is in use here? A) Hyperbole. B) Analogy. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 5. How does Bradbury use imagery in the story? A) To create mental images of the marionettes' movements. B) To describe the characters' personalities. C) To depict the setting and events. D) To visualize the characters' relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To depict the setting and events. 6. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole A) Satire. B) Synecdoche. C) Metonymy. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 8. In a TV program, the president puts on a disguise so he can go out in public. While he's having lunch at a diner, a stranger starts a conversation with him, complaining about politics and what a bad job the president is doing. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 9. Which literary device is this?The crimson apple glistened in her hand. A) Imagery. B) Details. C) Figurative Language. D) Word Choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 10. The teacher planted seeds of wisdom. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. Very over-the-top, exaggerated description; meant to be extra A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. " irony" refers to: A) A contradiction between what the reader expects, and what happens. B) The best possible solution. C) When the characters ae lying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A contradiction between what the reader expects, and what happens. 13. What are the events that occur in a story that build up to the climax? A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 14. Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage. "Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse, " Gina said. "How strange." A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 15. Crocodiles' teeth are sharp daggers, so be careful. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Gregor vs. Ulrich in "The Interlopers" is a good example of ..... A) Man vs. Self. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Man. D) Man vs. Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. Man. 17. Doodle does not believe he is able to walk. This interior struggle is known as ..... A) Complication. B) Flashback. C) Internal conflict. D) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal conflict. 18. An ironic manner of criticizing someone or something A) Voice. B) Simile. C) Sarcasm. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcasm. 19. Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here, " said Texas Joe. Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason. A) First Person. B) Third person omniscient. C) Second Person. D) Third Person Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person omniscient. 20. "Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of ..... (only people dance!) A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of above. 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