This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 190 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 190 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A character who changes A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Flat. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 2. Main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism, courage, and morality. A) Anti-Hero. B) Hero. C) Protagonist. D) Tragic Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-Hero. 3. "He realized that the lantern was a great flaming eye" (6). A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. What should NOT be in your objective summary? A) The main idea. B) Your opinions. C) The supporting details. D) A concluding sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your opinions. 5. What literary device compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. This house is as clean as a whistle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. The eyes through which the story is told. A) Point of View. B) External Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of View. 8. Irony has ..... kinds. A) 3. B) 2. C) 4. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 9. When a person intentionally says or writes one thing to mean another. A) Classical Allusion. B) Extended metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony (verbal). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony (verbal). 10. A central message or idea in a literary work A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Conflict. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 11. The distinctive way in which a writer uses language A) Diction. B) Language. C) Syntax. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Style. 12. A reference to a well-known thing the writer assumes the reader will know about. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 13. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 14. What literary device suggests a resemblance or identity between two things? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 15. Using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Connotation. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 16. The character says something but means something else. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal Irony. 17. Errors in reasoning are called ..... A) Logical fallacies. B) Logical lapses. C) Parallel structure. D) Reasoning issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical fallacies. 18. "She spun downstream like a whirligig." is an example of a ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. An animal or object behaving as if it were human A) Anthropomorphism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropomorphism. 20. Compares to things using like or as A) Foreshadowing. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← 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