This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 551 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 551 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Same sound at the end of words. A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Idioms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 2. Obsessive desire to write A) Bibliography. B) Bibliomania. C) Kleptomania. D) Graphomania. E) Obsession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graphomania. 3. Jokes or funny skits that balance out the serious sections. A) Epiphany. B) Malapropism. C) Cliche. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comic relief. 4. "The stars danced playfully in the sky." A) Alliteration. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. Zoomorphism A) Repitition of sounds in quick succession produced by consonants at the end of words. B) A word or concept that has mutiple layers of meaning other than the literal meaning. C) Critically poking fun at something with the intent to show flaws. D) Assigning animal characteristics to humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assigning animal characteristics to humans. 6. ..... is giving a character personality, depth and motivation. Making the character 3D A) Point of View. B) Character Development. C) Tone. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character Development. 7. Objective because someone else writes about the person of topic. The writer's opinions and perspectives of the details and events are expressed. A) Essay. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 8. Which literary device is exemplified in the line 'The wind whispered through the trees'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. A group of words that has a collective meaning different from that of the individual words A) Idiom. B) Verbal irony. C) Paradox. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. The comparison of one thing to another without using like or as. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. The repetition of the same letter or sound in words near one another. A) Alliteration. B) Repetitions. C) Personification. D) Metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. This is an element of a short story is referred to as the overall emotional meaning of the story. A) Style. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 13. ..... are works that provide an account of connected events. To put it simply, a ..... is a story. A) Theme. B) Irony. C) Narrative. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 14. When Cam noticed the gigantic wasp's nest, he took off like a horsefly from a swatter. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. "I was talking to my friends at lunch today trying to explain what a metaphor is. Let me go back a few years and tell you a story that will help you understand figurative language." (This story is in what point of view?) A) 1st Person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st Person. 16. I've told you a million times to write your name on the paper as soon as you get it. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. "Thy head is full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat." A) Symbol. B) Metaphor. C) Couplet. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 18. A literary device that refers to the use of symbols in a literary work. A) Theme. B) Oxymoron. C) Tone. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 19. What type of character does not change over the course of the story, but stays the same? A) Flat. B) Dynamic. C) Static. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Static. 20. After the ball was run over by the car, it was as flat as a pancake. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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