This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 450 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 450 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The use of the word y'all is an example of ..... A) Irony. B) Dialect. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 2. Types of literary work A) Metaphor. B) Antagonist. C) Genre. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 3. Which of the following means: "deeply upset and agitated?" A) Enthralled. B) Infatuated. C) Distraught. D) Dilapidated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distraught. 4. An abstract idea or ideas that dominate a literary work; the message the author wants to convey. A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 5. John is a doctor working against the clock to find a cure for a disease that is threatening the human race. Despite all odds, he meets the challenge. John is the A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Static character. D) Minor character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 6. Krista sighed, "I'm drowning in an ocean of worksheets. I'll never get this done." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. I felt strong enough to take on the world! A) Similarly. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. A literary device that combines two contradictory or opposite words to create a new meaning. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 9. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Mark is a ghost around his roommates. They never see him!'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. I am a type of sound device where sounds like BANG! POP! or POW! A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 11. 'The jet bombers going over, going over, going over, one two, one two, one two, six of them, nine of them, twelve of them, one and one and one and another and another and another, did all the screaming for him.' (p. 11) A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Repetition. D) Parallel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 12. Which pair of devices include the use of comparison? A) Simile and metaphor. B) Metaphor and alliteration. C) Hyperbole and alliteration. D) Simile and onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile and metaphor. 13. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Symbol. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase (Civil War, for example) A) Paradox. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 15. The former principal of CIC was a man of the cloth A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) Metonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonym. 16. You are a regular Einstein A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Symbol. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 17. Just do it is an example of ..... A) Cliche. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliche. 18. Macbeth demonstrates his perniciousness when he has this man's entire family killed. A) Banquo. B) Duncan. C) Macduff. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macduff. 19. Plankton often causes problems for Spongebob & Mr. Krabs. He is an example of: A) A protagonist. B) An antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An antagonist. 20. We accept $ 10 bills, $ 20 bills and any other denomination you might have. What does "denomination" mean in this context? A) Credit card. B) Loan. C) Value of money. D) Form of currency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Value of money. ← 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