This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 416 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 416 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A brief poetry that is often satirical A) Epigram. B) Comedy. C) Ode. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigram. 2. Jonathan was so angry that he blew his top like a volcano.This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) A Simile. C) A Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Simile. 3. What writing device is used when the author uses slang, or informal language? A) Alliteration. B) Colloquialism. C) Dialogue. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colloquialism. 4. The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of words. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Diction. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. It suggests actions, movements and meanings A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. TRUE OR FALSE:Setting includes sounds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words "like" or "as" and they are commonly used in everyday communication. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. A statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense A) Personification. B) Situational irony. C) Juxtaposition. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 9. Mr. Timpelton walked through the airport in his crisp army uniform and duffel bag. After being deployed for a year in Iraq, he was anxious to see is family. He wiped his hands nervously on his pants, breathed a deep sigh, and begin to head to the airport welcoming area. Mr. Timpelton's character traits are revealed through his ..... A) Actions. B) Thoughts. C) Statements. D) Interactions with other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actions. 10. In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed A) Chiasmus. B) Conceit. C) Rhyme. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 11. Sentence that expresses a direct command. A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 12. Represents the demon within, conscience, division among the boys, and evil A) The conch. B) The beast. C) Piggy's glasses. D) The fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beast. 13. "The staff meeting was an explosive showdown." is an example of ..... A) Flawed logic. B) Omission of source attribution. C) Bias by placement. D) Sensationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensationalism. 14. The type of characterization used by the author when he/she tells the reader exactly what kind of person a character is A) Characterization. B) Direct characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct characterization. 15. When the author introduces something that was unexpected A) Foreshadow. B) Suspense. C) Surprise. D) Pacing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surprise. 16. The sign in the window of the bed and breakfast seems to ..... A) Puzzle Billy. B) Disgust Billy. C) Hypnotize Billy. D) Amuse Billy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypnotize Billy. 17. When a character has a problem with deciding what to do or think it is what type of conflict? A) Man vs Man. B) Man vs Society. C) Man vs Nature. D) Man vs Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs Self. 18. "As she waved goodbye she couldn't help but feel like something was very, very wrong" is an example of A) Mood. B) Foreshadowing. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 19. Type of poem that doesn't have a rhyme or meter. It reads like someone is having a conversation with you. A) Ballad. B) Free verse. C) Couplet. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free verse. 20. Comparison using the words like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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