This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 163 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 163 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A character that does change by the end of the story is a ..... character. A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynamic. 2. At the end of the story, Roger wishes he could say more than "Thank you, ma'm" but he doesn't. What is the reason he couldn't do so? A) He doesn't have any manners. B) He is upset that she wants him to leave. C) He doesn't want the money she gave him. D) He can't think of the words to express his gratitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He can't think of the words to express his gratitude. 3. "With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, " is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. What is an autobiography? A) Story about a person written by that person. B) Story about a person written by another person. C) Story passed on from generation to generation. D) Story about computers, technology, and machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Story about a person written by that person. 5. Vantage point from which the story is told A) Plot. B) Point of view. C) Narrator. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view. 6. A loud crunch sounded when I bit into my taco. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 7. A moment of sudden realization or insight. A) Epiphany. B) Malapropism. C) Cliche. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphany. 8. Definition-gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings. Example-The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. "The road was an aisle of brilliant velvet dust." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Which is not an example of alliteration? A) Kim's kid kept kicking. B) Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. C) He chooses the Pfizer vaccine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He chooses the Pfizer vaccine. 11. An inference uses clues provided by the author to figure things out A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Nothing happened the first three innings. Well, things happened but not in my little part of the softball field. I started daydreaming. The next thing I knew, I heard the sound of a ball whizzing through the air. I put up my glove to protect my head, and an amazing thing happened. I caught the ball in my glove! Not only did I catch the ball, but I helped my team to win. A) 1st Person. B) 3rd Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st Person. 13. Words and expressions not intended to be interpreted in the literal sense; use imagination and comparison. A) Foreign language. B) Foul language. C) Figurative language. D) Flimsy language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 14. What is the significance of Santiago's recurring dream in The Alchemist? A) It represents his fear of failure. B) It symbolizes his desire for wealth. C) It foreshadows his journey towards his personal legend. D) It signifies his longing for home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It foreshadows his journey towards his personal legend. 15. Joey sat still, his heart beating fast. It made a 'thump, thump, thump' noise in his chest. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. ADAM ATE APPLES is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. Repeated words, phrases, or actions A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 18. The emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Etymology. D) Context clues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 19. The car horns sang out in the morning traffic. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. "Vivian didn't care that she had hurt my feelings" is an example of A) 1st Person. B) 3rd Limited. C) 3rd Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st Person. ← 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