This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The following is an example of which literary device."I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomtatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 2. What is the perspective of the narrator called? A) Conflict. B) Characterization. C) Point of view. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 3. "It'll be his name on the cover of all these words, not mine, " is an example of what? A) Symbolism. B) Metafiction. C) Metaphor. D) Synesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metafiction. 4. "The English teacher's daughter has failed the English test" What literary device can you spot here? A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. The audience knows something that the characters do not know A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Drama. D) Verbal irony. E) Intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 6. A sudden descent from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential A) Catastrophe. B) Comic relief. C) Surprise. D) Anticlimax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticlimax. 7. "Brandon brought braised brisket to brunch" is an example of: A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Rhythm. D) Rhyming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. What sense is being engaged most in this example:Sweet, juicy strawberries A) Touch. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. E) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste. 9. "Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" A) Inversion. B) Epithet. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 10. "Going to school is as fun as taking a trip to Disneyworld!" This is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. Choose an example of Personification. A) You are my guardian angel. B) The tree danced back and forth in the wind. C) After that meal, I feel as fat as a pig!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tree danced back and forth in the wind. 12. Splash! Slam! A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 13. They wore jeans, which made me stand out like a sore thumb. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 14. This is the name of the central character in a story. A) Conclusion. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) There is no such thing, all characters are created equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 15. "The terribly tired teacher ran into the door this morning, " has an example of what kind of figurative language in it? A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. What is the definition of antithesis? A) A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. C) A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. D) An anapest is a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. 17. Which word is an organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story? A) Symbolism. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 18. Marcia remarked, "Tim has the patience of Job. He has lost his job, his home, and his dog all in the same month, yet he still has a smile on his face and optimism for the future." A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. What literary device was used in the following example, "As I wished [the monkey's paw] twisted in my hands like a snake." A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. The slightly sweet but salty caramel blended together on her tongue. A) Onomatopoeia-example. B) Assonance-example. C) Imagery-example. D) Denotation-example. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery-example. ← 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