This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 469 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 469 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Characterization is the way an author reveals what a character is like and how the character changes throughout the story. A) True. B) False. C) Sometimes true. D) There is no such thing as characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. It comes under the sound device and the mimic sounds are used. However, it is used in the literature to add reality or fun to the writing. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. His breath smelled like rotting logs in a swamp A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. The color yellow can symbolize ..... A) Darkness. B) Water. C) Happiness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Happiness. 5. "Let it go, let it goCan't hold it back anymoreLet it go, let it goTurn away and slam the door" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Analogy. D) Allusion. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 6. What is this:It's Raining Cats and Dogs. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 7. The technique of giving human qualities to an object or an idea is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. In the passage from the Bible, "But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant." (Matthew 23:11), which literary device is used? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 9. How did Marley get the chain that he wears? A) It was given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past. B) It wrapped itself around him when he first screamed. C) He created it to present to Scrooge as a gift. D) He made it with his own greed during his lifetime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He made it with his own greed during his lifetime. 10. Part representing the whole. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbaton. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 11. The main character in "A Sound of Thunder" is A) Rainsford. B) Eckels. C) Travis. D) Wright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eckels. 12. Dara walked into the cafeteria and slipped on jello. All of the students laughed and made fun of her. A) Character vs character. B) Character vs self. C) Character vs nature. D) Character vs society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs character. 13. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:Drip drop went the water on the clock, now it's ruined! A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 14. An object, character, or event whose only reason for existing is to advance the story. A) Plot device. B) Plot manipulation. C) Inversion. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot device. 15. Jolly Ranchers are ..... rewards. A) Tangible. B) Connotation. C) Expository. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tangible. 16. EXAMPLE:The tired boy was a slow turtle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. "That assembly took a bazillion years", is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) False advertising. D) Superiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Until my great-grandfather threw a sack over her head and carried her off. Just like that, as if she were a fancy chandaleir" (11). A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Which of these sentences contains a simile (and sibilance)? A) The waves washed lazily along the shore. B) The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake?. C) London was a maze of bustling streets and secret alleyways. D) The mountain range brooded moodily beneath the thunder clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Wall basked sinuously in the sunlight like some magnificent snake?. 20. In the sentence 'The dove is a symbol of peace', what literary device is being used? A) Symbolism. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. ← 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