This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 55 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One or two main traits, usually only all positive or negative. They are the opposite of a round character. The flaw or strength has its use in the story. A) Dynamic character. B) Static character. C) Round character. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat character. 2. What literary device can include memories, dreams, or stories of the past? A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 3. When the audience knows more than the characters do A) Dramatic irony. B) Symbolic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 4. Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. fate are types of A) Characterization. B) Conflict. C) Point of view. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 5. What would be the best way to verify the statement below? Joliet is the 6th largest city in Illinois? A) Checking an atlas or map. B) Drawing a picture. C) Performing a song. D) Having debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Checking an atlas or map. 6. Thwack Buzz Woosh A) Anagram. B) Palindrome. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. "The sun smiled down on us." A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. A comparison using "like" or "as" between two things. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 9. It's hot and it's monotonous. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 10. When something entirely different happens from what audience may be expecting A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 11. What is the following an example of ..... "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town." A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. A piece of writing that begins in the middle of the action A) Allusion. B) Parallelism. C) In medias res. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In medias res. 13. During a debate, Arjun made a statement, 'I've told you a million times not to exaggerate!' What figure of speech is Arjun using for emphasis or dramatic effect? A) Irony. B) Understatement. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. In the poem, "gifted" what does Jackie mean when she writes she wants to "catch words one day and hold them in her hands." A) She wants to compete with Odella. B) She wants to excel in school. C) She wants to be a writer. D) She wants to be smart. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She wants to be a writer. 15. 1) Old Marley was as dead as a door nail. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. "His heart is as black as the night" What literary device can you spot here? A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 17. Why is satire used? A) To make fun of society or human nature. B) To make the blanket soft. C) It's intriguing for the audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make fun of society or human nature. 18. The opposite is meant of what someone said. A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Verbal Irony. D) Life Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony. 19. When words stimulate one or more of the five senses A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Pun. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 20. A repeated element that has symbolic significance through repetition. It can help produce theme or mood (example-references to light and darkness in Romeo and Juliet) A) Motif. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. ← 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