This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 67 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another form of literature. A) Archetype. B) Legend. C) Allusion. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 2. "See eye to eye" is what type of figurative language? A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 3. "I had heard the same tone a million times." is an example of ..... A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Suspense. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Definition-A character is one who changes over the course of the story. Hester Prynne is a ..... character because in the beginning she is a proud, ostracized woman struggling with her lot in life but as the plot progresses, she gains strength, humility, confidence, and peace. A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Dynamic character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic character. 5. A statement that appears to contradict itself, but upon closer examination actually makes sense. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Inference. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 6. A figure of speech that adds emphasis by exaggeration A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 7. The time and place of a story; this can include the culture, society, or historical context as well. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Narrator. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 8. Anytime one item or character represents something else A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 9. A reasoning "trick" made up of faulty logic, erroneous assumptions, or irrelevant information meant to distract. A) Testimonials. B) Bandwagon. C) Fallacies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fallacies. 10. Two characters who are so much in contrast that they draw attention to each other's differences A) Foreshadowing. B) Motif. C) Foils. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foils. 11. When a story is told by the main character who is directly involved in the conflict it is considere ..... POV A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omnicient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 12. "O Captain! My Captain!" is a poem in the style of which literary device? A) Elegy. B) Allegory. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegy. 13. A direct comparison using like or as. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. Shining through the city with a little funk and soul. So I'ma light it up like dynamite.(BTS) A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The car needs a cold shower. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. An indirect reference to a well-known person, text, place, or event within a piece of literature A) Diction. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 17. During a picnic, Nora noticed a buzzing bee flying past Mason's ear. Which literary device is being used in this scenario? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. When Juno was kept eternally under the wound in his breast these words with him:'I began to give up the defeated and unable to overthrow the king of the Teucors in Italy!' These things with him. A) Multi-connectors. B) Zeugma. C) Apostrophe. D) Ellipsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ellipsis. 19. Attitude of the poet towards his or her subject matter A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 20. The phrase 'the stars danced in the sky' is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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