This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 475 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 475 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a word sounds like what it is. Examples:whack, buzz, tinkle, sizzle, pop, and ding A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 2. Freedom A) Abstract. B) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstract. 3. Which of these is an example of a juxtaposition? A) The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices. B) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!. C) Buzz, boom, chirp, creak, sizzle, zoom, etc. D) It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. . 4. Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! A) Rhyme. B) Anaphora. C) Allegory. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 5. New York is a city that never sleeps. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. A character that contrasts with another character to highlight qualities of the other character. A) Foil. B) Static. C) Dynamic. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 7. "Steak is a quality meat taken from the hindquarters of an animal; typically cut in thick slices." A) Denotation. B) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 8. Pronouns used in third person POV A) Me/mine. B) Their/his/hers. C) You/yours. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their/his/hers. 9. May God bless you. May God keep you. A) Euphemism. B) Diction. C) Alliteration. D) He returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He returned. 10. Talking to the tables; the torture of our teachers. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Repetition. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Alliteration. 11. A marriage counselor files for divorce A) Situational Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Paradox. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 12. When someone says one thing & means another, usually the opposite. A) Allusion. B) Mood. C) Verbal Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony. 13. Complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader. A) Flat Character. B) Round Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Round Character. 14. This type of allusion refers to the viewer or reader is meant to infer the connection between the work at hand and the allusion. A) Self-reference. B) Casual reference. C) Single reference. D) Corrective allusion. E) Multiple references or conflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single reference. 15. The hero/heroine of the story A) Protagonist. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 16. Impartial, balanced, objective, unbiased A) Logical. B) Neutral. C) Opinion. D) Passionate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neutral. 17. "My sister is a bear when she wakes up." This is an example of a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"The roaring thunder tore across the sky and made my ears ring." A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 19. The sound a thing makes A) Oxymoron. B) Repetition. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. TO INFORM, TO PERSUADE, and TO ENTERTAIN are examples of: A) Irony. B) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's purpose. ← 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