This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 457 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 457 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The "force" against the main character A) Obstacle. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 2. I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance. VS.I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies, you rally the guys, master the element of surprise.Which element is NOT present A) Foils. B) Assonance. C) Simile. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "sprawling" ? A) Something that is neat and organized. B) Something that is small and cramped. C) Something that is spread out in an untidy way. D) Something that is moving quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that is spread out in an untidy way. 4. He said he had a little money after winning 20 million dollars in the lottery. He said that he had a little money after winning 20 million in the lottery. A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 5. Which literary device is shown here? 1 nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle3 dicit:sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti A) Polyptoton. B) Litotes. C) Anaphora. D) Synchysis (interlocking word order). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 6. Nick's nephew needed some new notebooks. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The curtains were a deep red ocean" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The wind picked up and-WHOOSH!!-away went the trampoline.This is an example of ..... A) Paradox. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 9. Pudding made of plump plums A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. Characterization can be evidenced by: A) A character's appearance. B) The things a character says. C) A character's thinking. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Definition-a saying, image, or idea which has been used so much that it sounds terribly uncreative Example- "We're not laughing at you we're laughing with you." A) Paradox. B) Cliche. C) Allusion. D) Symbol. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cliche. 12. "The orange is so bright Someone might have thought I was making a fire in my hands" is an example of which literary device? (a) A) A metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metaphor. 13. A word that describes a noun e.g Happy, red, terrifying. A) Literary Techniques. B) Imagery. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 14. A comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certainrespects, they will probably be alike in other waysas well A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Help me. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 15. The wilted flowers begged for water. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. The repeating of the beginning of consonant sounds A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. Define a couplet in poetry. A) 2-line stanza, may or may not rhyme. B) Rhyme that comes at the end of lines. C) Poetry not in a fixed form. D) Use of images that appeal to the 5 senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2-line stanza, may or may not rhyme. 18. A short, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence. A) Claim/thesis statement. B) Theme. C) Narrative. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claim/thesis statement. 19. The tone/mood of the story is often an important part of ..... A) Characterization. B) Setting. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 20. An overstatement or an exaggerated statement for emphasis or effect. (Ex:It's raining cats and dogs.) A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. ← 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