This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Narrative devices used to enhance writing by adding depth and excitement to it; the unusual use of language for a special effect; goes beyond the literal definitions of words. A) Literary Devices. B) Allusion. C) Mood. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Devices. 2. The lady trilled in an alluring lullaby. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 3. A comparison WITHOUT the use of like or as A) Similarly. B) Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 4. A conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama A) Allusion. B) Dialogue. C) Figurative Language. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 5. With sudden curvings ofthin long body. A) Personification. B) No literary device. C) Transferred epithet. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjambment. 6. EXAMPLE:The stars danced in the night sky. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. An underlying meaning of a literary work A) Plot. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 8. A comparison in which one thing is said to be another A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. Identify the type of irony:Tyler walked into the empty gymnasium and said, "I feel like it's too crowded in here." A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal Irony. 10. Definition-The main idea of a work of literature; the message the author is trying to get across to the reader. A) Conflict. B) Flashback. C) Point of view. D) Theme. E) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 11. A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. A) Oxymoron. B) Assonance. C) Idiom. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 12. When an inanimate object is given human characteristics A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. How the reader feels about what is being read is ..... A) Mood. B) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 14. When something unexpected happens compared to what we were expecting A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 15. An object or idea standing for something else in a story is called A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Assonance. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 16. Which is NOT a characteristic of an epic poem? A) Includes a quest. B) Includes a hero. C) Must be short in length. D) Contains larger-than-life characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must be short in length. 17. A chicken crossing the road is truly poultry in motion A) Metaphor. B) Consonance. C) Pun. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 18. A hyperbole..... A) Exaggerates A LOT. B) Tells it as it is. C) Is an under-exaggeration. D) Compares two ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggerates A LOT. 19. Imagery is Language used to create ..... in the mind of the reader. A) Smell. B) Sight. C) Image. D) Movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Image. 20. "Polyphemus heard the ..... groaning of the oarlocks ..... (12). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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