This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 398 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 398 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is an antagonist? A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. B) A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else. C) A literary element or a literary structure found in fictional writing. D) The time and place in which a story is set. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. 2. What is a descriptive word or phrase that expresses a quality or characteristic of a person or thing? A) Anthropomorphism. B) Epithet. C) Euphemism. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithet. 3. Dove = Peace would be an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 4. When the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, A) Diction. B) Flashback. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 5. What are the tools writers use to to help the reader see things in a different way? A) Literary devices. B) Pens. C) Personification. D) Copy rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary devices. 6. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a group or words close together A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. What is the literary definition of symbolism? A) Comparing two unlike things directly, without using a specific word of comparison. B) People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves. C) Occurs when we say one thing and mean something else. D) Language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves. 8. A device where the order of the noun and adjective in a sentence have been swapped. A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Anastrophe. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anastrophe. 9. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be take literally. A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 10. A physical map shows A) Mountain ranges. B) Rives. C) Boundaries. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 11. The sea rumbled and hissed A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Definition-An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point, and can be ridiculous or funny. Example-I'm so tired I cannot walk another inch. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. The intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining something unreal or impossible in reality. A) Red herring. B) Suspension of disbelief. C) Ignorance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspension of disbelief. 14. He did not realize his last chance was walking out the door. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. A person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 16. A theme can be described as a main idea or what is ..... about a story. A) Interesting. B) Universal. C) Funny. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal. 17. What is a comparison, like a simile and metaphor, which creates a humorous or dramatic effect through overstatement? A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Euphemism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Which of the following is used in the sentence? The flame of the candle danced in the dark. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. True or False:ANIMAL FARM was easily published the first time Orwell tried to sell it. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. The flag waved to the students from the flagpole. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. 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