This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Point out the answer that uses Alliteration. A) Sweet Sarah smiles at me while we play. B) The bright lights hurt our eyes. C) Brave Thomas sticks his ground against bullies. D) My annoying sister wakes me up too early!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sweet Sarah smiles at me while we play. 2. If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 3. When the actual (plot) outcome is the opposite of the expected outcome-this is the definition for ..... A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 4. An object that has literal meaning and a deeper meaning A) Theme. B) Allusion. C) Symbol. D) Kinetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 5. What kind of narration is used below:"You need to leave, " I told the man, because it is getting late. A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person Omniscient. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. 6. Identify the literary device: "Because we never subscribed to newspapers or magazines, I'd never known what was going on in the world, except for the skewed version of event we got from Mom and Dad ..... one in which every politician was a crook, every cop was a thug, and every criminal had been framed." A) Motif. B) Metaphor. C) Syntax. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 7. What does implicit mean in a writing context? A) Meaning that may be understood by the reader, as it is implied, though it is not directly stated in the text. B) Meaning directly stated in the text. C) Relating to imagery. D) Relating to setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meaning that may be understood by the reader, as it is implied, though it is not directly stated in the text. 8. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'Her eyes were as blue as the ocean'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 9. The following are examples of which literary device?"It was dark and dim in the forest.""He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.""The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet." A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Representation. D) Descriptive language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. The main idea/message of the story that the author wants you to consider. A) Tone. B) Atmosphere. C) Theme. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 11. We know ..... about round characters. A) Nothing. B) Alot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alot. 12. What is this an example of? "Nobody loves me, Nobody cares, Nobody picks me peaches and pears." A) Repetition. B) Imagery. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 13. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the repetition of a consonant sound A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 14. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or non-human creatures A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. Realistic drama A) A division or unit of a theater work. B) An instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. C) Presentation of drama with the aim of conveying a convincing representation of real life. In other words, an authentic representation of life that is believable and could actually happen. D) A person who writes plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presentation of drama with the aim of conveying a convincing representation of real life. In other words, an authentic representation of life that is believable and could actually happen. 16. Definition:Hesitant to do something. A) Confounded. B) They hesitate. C) Abashed. D) Dejected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They hesitate. 17. The ..... tends to be the main character in a story and is usually the character that the audience identifies with the most; like the "hero" . A) First Person. B) Third Person. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 18. The sound of black is"Boom! Boom! Boom!"The above is an example of what literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Rhyme. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 19. An exaggeration or overstatement (Ex. I had to wait forever). A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 20. Sense imagery x 5 (olfactory; visual; touch; taste; auditory) A) Using a set of related item words in text. B) Playing with words so the implied meaning is different from the actual or expected meaning. C) Descriptions that appeal to the 5 senses. D) Refering to a place, person, even or literary work. It can be real or fictional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptions that appeal to the 5 senses. ← 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