This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 118 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 118 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Narrator only gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of ONE character in a story, uses pronouns such as "she" "they", narrator not a character in the story A) First Person Point of View. B) Second Person Point of View. C) Third Person Omniscient ("all knowing") Point of View. D) Third Person Limited Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third Person Limited Point of View. 2. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words (close together) A) Symbol. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. What is ethos? A) A word or expression used in lieu of a harsher alternative. B) The author's attitude toward a subject. C) How the text makes someone feel. D) An appeal to ethics and credibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An appeal to ethics and credibility. 4. The phrase, "This bag weighs a ton, " is an example of what literary device? A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 5. The following are examples of what?Harry Potter, Scout, Peter Parker, Elsa A) Protagonist. B) Movies. C) Heroes. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 6. What type of literary device is illustrated below: "My temper really flared up when he walked into the room." A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. What is the definition of guilt? A) Ability to influence or control others. B) Feeling of being isolated or excluded. C) The feeling of responsibility or remorse for a wrongdoing. D) The contrast between how things seem and how they actually are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The feeling of responsibility or remorse for a wrongdoing. 8. The event or events in a story where the story is resolved is the ..... A) Resolution. B) Falling action. C) Rising action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 9. It is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or moral message. A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 10. What is sarcasm? A) Author's approach or feeling toward the subject. B) A figure of speech linking two opposite or contradictory words or ideas together to form a neat paradox. C) The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. D) Any form of discourse designed to persuade, typically by appealing to ethics, logic, or emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of irony to mock or convey contempt. 11. He's as clever as a fox. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. The two candles on the cupcake Alex ate stood for the WTC. What type of literary device is this? A) Red herring. B) Tone. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 13. Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words A) Stance. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 14. Giving the traits of a person to an inanimate object A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Indirect Characterization. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. A style of speaking particular to a people, culture, or region A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 16. A main character whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation. Usually has a "larger than life" personality, and possibly supernatural powers. Defeats bad guys and usually has "good" on his/her side. Usually has one tragic flaw that leads to his/her downfall. A) Epic simile. B) Epithet. C) Epic hero. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic hero. 17. THE CAT'S TEETH ARE LIKE DAGGERS A) METAPHOR. B) ALLITERATION. C) IDIOM. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) SIMILE. 18. "Snow speaks to the people; it's falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air." This passage is a good example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. The author directly tells the reader what the character is like Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man." A) Indirect characterization. B) Pointed characterization. C) Forward characterization. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Direct characterization. 20. A play on words that usually involves words that sound alike and have two meanings. A) Pun. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. ← 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