This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 350 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 350 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device uses deliberate exaggeration to make something seem larger or more important than it actually is? A) Idiom. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 2. The wind skipped through the trees. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. Which point of view tells ALL character's thoughts and emotions and is told from the outside narrator? This is the ALL KNOWING narrator. A) 3rd person omniscient. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person limited. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person omniscient. 4. A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging. A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 5. A simile is a comparison using like or as A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses. A) Characterization (indirect). B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Classical Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 7. Definition:A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. A) Alliteration. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 8. It is words or lines with repetition of vowel sounds within words. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 9. What is a logical fallacy? A) A mistake in reasoning. B) A valid and sound argument. C) A strong and convincing argument. D) A well-reasoned and logical argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mistake in reasoning. 10. Which type of imagery is associated with the sense of sight? A) Auditory. B) Visual. C) Gustatory. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visual. 11. Lady Macbeth says, "Look like the innocent flower, /But be the serpent under it" to Macbeth. This sentence is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Foreshadowing. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. He sells snails. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. The logical assumption or educated guess based on facts or observed knowledge A) Tone. B) Point of view. C) Inference. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inference. 14. This technique involves encouraging people to think or act in some way simply because other people are doing so. A) Testimonials. B) Bandwagon. C) Fallacies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 15. Literary devices help affect the ..... of the text. A) Plot. B) Story. C) Climax. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 16. She sells sea shells is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. An antagonist is.....? A) Good guy. B) Bug lover. C) Against ants. D) Bad guy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bad guy. 18. The broken windshield in Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff A) Imagery. B) Juxtaposition. C) Situational Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 19. A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature, religious doctrine, or cultural belief. The gods and goddesses of mythology have supernatural powers, but the human characters usually do not. A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Tall Tale. D) Non-Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 20. The method an author uses to revealcharacters and their personalities A) Anecdote. B) Antagonist. C) Characterization. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. ← 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