This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 121 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 121 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meantto be understood as literally true A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Figure of Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figure of Speech. 3. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The buzzing bee flew by" ? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Naming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naming. 4. Those clucking chickens are driving me crazy! What literary device is used in the sentence? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. The author specifically TELLS the reader something about a character's personality/traits. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 6. It refers to the techniques employed by writers to develop characters through dialogue, description, action, reaction, and thoughts. A) Characters. B) Characterisation. C) Climax. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterisation. 7. Define:Metaphor A) A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as.". B) Uses exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis (These books weigh a ton!). C) A comparison between two or more things that are similar in some way, but unlike in others. D) Expression with less strength than expected. E) A comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as.". Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as.". 8. What is a source? A) A hip hop magazine. B) A person or text that provides false information. C) A person or text that provides information. D) Gained by listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person or text that provides information. 9. When someone says one thing but really means the opposite A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 10. This character changes, has a transformation, or learns a lesson throughout the story. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamic. 11. "Oh! What fine luck I have!" Which literary device is this an example of? A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 12. "I haven't eaten in hours, I'm starving to death!" is an example of what literary device? A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. The internal repetition of consonant sounds where the vowels are different. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 14. A writer's attitude toward their subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and structure is ..... A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Atmosphere. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. Is the usage of a part to represent the whole A) Oxymoron. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Synecdoche. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 16. Which literary device is shown here? 1 dicebas quondam te solum nosse Catullum, 2 Lesbia, nec prae me velle tenere Iovem A) Unrelated. B) Hyperbole. C) Multi-connectors. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 17. In the movie Toy Story, Buzz and Woody are opposites, and because of this we see their individual characteristics more clearly. This is an example of ..... A) Foil. B) Static character. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 18. When an object is given the qualities of a person A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. Most dogs have fur. A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objective. 20. Two words look to rhyme, but when sounded out they do not A) True Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Near/Half Rhyme. D) Eye Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eye Rhyme. ← 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