This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 273 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 273 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the verb in the following sentence:The bus drove down the block. A) Bus. B) Drove. C) Down. D) Block. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drove. 2. Has many definable character traits A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 3. The technique that employs wit to ridicule a subject, usually some social institution or human foible, with the intention of inspiring reform A) Allegory. B) Paradox. C) Cliche. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. 4. The handles on the doors are huge ..... really exaggerated to be funny! What literary device is being used? A) Allusion. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 5. One who seeks to impart knowledge and understanding to someone who needs or deserves the information. Usually a wise person with a keen intellect and emotional intelligence. May serve as a moral compass or guide for other characters. A) Explorer. B) Everyperson. C) Sage. D) Jester. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sage. 6. Can you guess what a hyperbole is? A) Is it the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words?. B) Or, could it be exaggerations for emphasis or dramatic effect?. C) Maybe it's the use of words that go beyond their literal meaning?. D) Or is it a scene or event from the past inserted into the present?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or, could it be exaggerations for emphasis or dramatic effect?. 7. A whiff of the coffee aroma filled our noses. This is a good example of what literary device? A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 8. A narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised. A) Unreliable narrator. B) First person point of view. C) Omniscient point of view. D) Stream of consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unreliable narrator. 9. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later" (Jobs 3). A) Juxtaposition. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 10. ..... is the author's use of vivid descriptions that appeals to the readers five sense (to help them visualize what is being described). A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 11. A conflict where a person fights against a law, belief, or social values set by society. A) Man vs. society. B) Man vs. man. C) Man vs. nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. society. 12. Fire-in The Glass Castle A) Syntax. B) Motif. C) Simile. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 13. Lisa's mouth is as big as Texas. A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. "Stargirl was leaning forward, looking earnestly at Becca Rinaldi, her voice small as a little girl's" (64).(1 answer) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The angle from which the story is told is the ..... A) Camera view. B) Character view. C) Point of view. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 16. Words are used to mimic sounds A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 17. She tried to not cry but eventually sighed and asked why.Select the correct answer A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 18. What is the best definition of allusion? A) Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. B) An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event. C) An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments. D) An exaggeration or overstatement (Ex. I had to wait forever). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event. 19. "It had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up" (3-7) A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 20. After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were like icicles. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. 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