This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 115 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of oxymoron? A) The combination of contradictory terms. B) The repetition of internal vowel sounds within words. C) The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. D) The repetition of consonant sounds at the end or in the middle of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The combination of contradictory terms. 2. A direct contrast between two things. A) Bias. B) Parallelism. C) Antithesis. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 3. Which of the following pairs is an example of onomatopoeia? A) Gurgle and babble. B) Flow and flower. C) Serve and protect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gurgle and babble. 4. Choose the correct term for the following definition:A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people. A) Imagery. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dialect. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialect. 5. The use of objects, actions, or images to represent abstract ideas or concepts. A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 6. After I read over the material, it was as clear as crystal. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. A contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true: A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 8. A ladder may stand as a symbol for a connection between heaven and earth. A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 9. Which word is the term for tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text? A) Hyperbole. B) Motif. C) Literary Devices. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literary Devices. 10. A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza A) Couplet. B) The clock. C) Blank verse. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 11. A time earlier than the main story A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Hyperbole. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 12. "Iktomi was was walking along one day and he was going across the prairie. He went through the ravines, over the hills ..... and then he sees the body of water. As he gets closer and closer to this water he sees all of these prairie chickens along the water's edge. You could see them by the water and they are there dancing." What point of view is this story told in? A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Person. 13. This year has been bitter-sweet. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 14. "Mike likes his new bike." A) Conflict. B) Connotation. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 15. "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." -William Sharp A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. ..... is an intentional exaggeration for emphasis or comic effect. A) Personification. B) Symbolism. C) Hyperbole. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. What literary device is used to give human qualities to non-human entities? A) Personification. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. Represents savagery, fun, and irrationality among the boys A) The beast. B) The hunters' dance. C) Piggy's glasses. D) The fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hunters' dance. 19. What literary device is used in the revelation that Braling 1 and Braling 2 have switched places? A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 20. This makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unlike. A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books