This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Boom, Pow, Bang, Vroom" are all examples of which of the following literary devices A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 2. A move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 3. Visually descriptive or figurative language is ..... A) Diction. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 4. ..... are the characters who are trying to resolve a conflict. A) Antagonists. B) Protagonists. C) Villains. D) Heroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonists. 5. A type of irony in which suspense is created because the audience knows something the characters do not A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 6. This is a technique which the writers use to give the readers a hint of what is to come later in a story. Such communication can be made through a dialogue between characters or through a description of the ambience. A hint of what is coming ahead can be given through an incident in the story or even through the title of a chapter. This technique allows the authors to hold the interest of the readers. A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Connotation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 7. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Stars twinkle like diamonds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Which contest did Rudy and Liesel participate in? A) Wrestling. B) 100 meter dash. C) Jump rope. D) Pie eating contest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100 meter dash. 9. The author's emotions represent the ..... of a story A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 10. Dominant idea or feature-recurring (i.e. money/finance in The Great Gatsby) A) Motif. B) Simile. C) Satire. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 11. The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Which literary device is used in this example?I have told you a million times to wash the dishes. A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. And remember the old Saturnia of the war A) Chiasmus. B) Synchesis. C) Irony. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 14. Which of these sentences contains personification? A) The waves washed lazily along the shore. B) The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake. C) London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways. D) The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds. 15. A form of verbal irony that is intended to mock or convey contempt. A) Satire. B) Pun. C) Sarcasm. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcasm. 16. The person or thing working against theprotagonist, or hero, of the work A) Protagonist. B) Flat Character. C) Antagonist. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 17. An interruption in a story that shows events that happened at an earlier time A) Foreshadow. B) Flashback. C) Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 18. A book that contains information on many subjects; or comprehensive information in a particular field of knowledge; usually arranged alphabetically. A) Encyclopedia. B) Index. C) Mystery. D) Periodical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encyclopedia. 19. It's time to face the music and talk to my parents about breaking the TV. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 20. Which of the following has a negative connotation? A) A bold plan. B) A reckless plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reckless plan. ← 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