This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 45 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a Memoir? A) An account of a person's life written by that person. B) An account of a memorable event in a persons life. C) An account of someone's life written by someone else. D) A spoken or written account of connected events; a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An account of a memorable event in a persons life. 2. A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. Something is something else A) Tone. B) Speaker. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 3. The reversal of the normal order of words is the definition of what term? A) Inversion. B) Hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing. D) Euphemism. E) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 4. A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 5. "That old pizza has really made my stomach angry with me." This is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. "The cloud ticked 'BOOM' early in the morning" is A) Pun. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. When what is unexpected happens; it is used in literature to entertain or create suspense A) Rising Actions. B) Diction. C) Irony. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 8. Similarity in sound between vowels in words next to each other A) Alliteration. B) Pun. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 9. Any image or thing that stands for something else. In literature, this literary element can often be characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas. Example:Albert Einstein is the ultimate ..... of intelligence and scientific genius. A) Suspense. B) Symbol. C) Aside. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 10. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 11. Repetition of ending (of the word or stressed syllable) consonant sound A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 12. A character foil is ..... A) The main character. B) Someone whose traits reflect and emphasize the main character. C) A badly written character. D) A character who is inspired by the author's own life . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Someone whose traits reflect and emphasize the main character. 13. "The table played a cruel joke on Mrs. Cook when it collapsed as she placed her coffee on it." What human characteristic is being given? A) Playing. B) Collapsing. C) Not liking coffee. D) Tabling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing. 14. The repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words A) Onomatopoeia. B) Haiku. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. Sequence of events and happenings that make up a story. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Motif. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 16. Character type that changes throughout the course of the story A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynamic character. 17. "I know that I know nothing" is an example of what? A) Pun. B) Paradiddle. C) Paradox. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 18. A reference to a real or fictional person, place, event or work of art A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Satire. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 19. The lazy cloud refused to move away from the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. What literary device is being used? "War is peace." A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. ← 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