This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 564 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 564 (17 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The way an author reveals details about a character's personality traits A) Characterization. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 2. The voice in the poem (not always the poet). A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Stanza. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speaker. 3. In Roald Dahl's A Lamb to the Slaughter, a woman kills her husband with a frozen leg of lamb. When the cops arrive, she cooks the lamb and feeds it to them, effectively making them eat the evidence of her crime. What type of irony is this? A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational. 4. The author's attitude toward his or subject matter and toward the audience. A) Tone. B) Diction. C) Central idea. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 5. What character trait is revealed here? After glancing around to make sure she wasn't being watched, Marissa slide the candy bar into her pocket. She walked out of store casually, not stopping to pay. A) Selfish. B) Sneaky. C) Thrifty. D) Rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sneaky. 6. The repetition of the same consonant sound in words occurring near one another A) HYPERBOLE. B) ALLITERATION. C) SYMBOLISM. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLITERATION. 7. A thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes. A) Cliche. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. Which sentence shows a comma separating extra information about the subject? A) My mother, on the other hand, does not like chocolate. B) My brother a 26, year old male is watching TV. C) I am ready for my dad a hard, working man to come home. D) Daniel, Garrison a farmer wakes up very early. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mother, on the other hand, does not like chocolate. 9. A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. In Tears of Tiger, Sharon Draper had a negative ..... about drinking and driving. A) Theme. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 11. Sally sold seashells by the seashore.This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Anaphora. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. Which of the following statements is true of imagery? A) It is always visual. B) It often uses figurative language. C) It can only appeal to one sense at a time. D) It can only be understood if explained by the writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It often uses figurative language. 13. Who is my favorite rapper? A) Jay-Z. B) Drake. C) LL Cool J. D) Kanye West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jay-Z. 14. A piece of writing tries to hint at a person, place, thing, literature, or art A) Allusion. B) Understatement. C) Symblism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 15. An old turtle looked up and said, "Mr. Sky, I have lived a long time.I have seen it all, And what they say is true. There is nothing new under the sun." "Really?" said Sky. And from six miles up, he dropped A single snowflake. Which sentence describes the theme of the poem? A) There's always something new to experience. B) Nature always challenges us to think twice. C) Animals understand nature better than humans. D) It's important to gather new knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There's always something new to experience. 16. The Ghost of Christmas ..... shows Scrooge that Bob Cratchit lives in poor conditions and barely has a Christmas dinner for his family. A) Present. B) Past. C) Yet to Come. D) Marley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Present. 17. Which is Onomatopoeia? A) The moon hugged me tonight. B) Don made a splash when he jumped in the pool. C) Jumbo Shrimp. D) The dog is like a spider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don made a splash when he jumped in the pool. ← PreviousRelated 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