This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 334 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 334 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device is this:the weather is so bad, it's raining cats and dogs A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. Where animals, inanimate objects, or non-human things are portrayed as people, by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human movements A) Allusion. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Imagery. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropomorphism. 3. Which of these groups of words are onomatopoeic? A) Crash, bang, boom. B) Black, grey, white. C) Walked, ran, sprinted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crash, bang, boom. 4. "The students roughly seized the girl" is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Symbols/symbolism. C) Descriptive words or sentences. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive words or sentences. 5. Stores that feature characters like Cinderella exist in many cultures around the world. Cinderella is a(n) A) Allusion. B) Archetype. C) Foil. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 6. A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Mood. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 7. What is this an example of?A fire station catching on fire. A) Satire. B) Irony. C) Illusion. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 8. Play on words when words have more than one meaning A) Pun. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 9. When the author reveals the character's personality through their actions or speech A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Hyperbole. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 10. President Snow from The Hunger Games is an example of which type of character? A) Antagonist. B) Foil character. C) Static character. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 11. EXAMPLE:Her hand was as cold as ice when she touched my feverish forehead, sending shivers down my spine. A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 12. A word which describes a character's personality, or how she/he acts in the story; must be backed up with evidence from the text. A) Symbol. B) Trait. C) Understatement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trait. 13. The dog smiled with/ mouth jagged gaped. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. What is the series of events in a story? A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Storyboard. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 15. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:The water angrily flowed towards the sea. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. Which character in The Alchemist represents the concept of 'Maktub'? A) Melchizedek. B) The Englishman. C) Fatima. D) Santiago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Santiago. 17. "A word is deadWhen it is said, Some say.I say it justBegins to liveThat day." A) End Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Eye Rhyme. D) Slant Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End Rhyme. 18. "O Captain! My Captain!" A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Symbol. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. The tree spread its gigantic, sun-flecked shoulders. A) Smell Imagery. B) Touch Imagery. C) Sight Imagery. D) Sound Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sight Imagery. 20. Which of these is NOT an example of irony? A) A fire station burns down. B) A pilot has a fear of heights. C) The teacher fails the test. D) He was as strong as an ox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was as strong as an ox. ← 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