This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 482 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 482 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Giving human qualities to objects A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. Name the literary device here:Well, it's ten acres with a windmill. Got a little shack on with a chicken run. Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, apricots, a few nuts, got a few berries. There's a place for alfalfa and plenty of water to flood it. A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Imagery. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together A) Vernacular. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Conceit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader. / Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create an image with words for a reader. A) Outburst. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 5. What is the inciting incident of a story? A) The most exciting part. B) The resolution. C) The first problem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first problem. 6. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The clock ticked and the door creaked.' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 7. Three points to support an argument A) Cliches. B) Triples. C) Opinion. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triples. 8. Two lines put together to form a stanza. Usually the last words in each line rhyme. A) Cinquain. B) Free verse. C) Couplet. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couplet. 9. The dark hallway stretched forward, emitting an odor that reminded me of decaying leaves. A) Repetition. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. How did Liesel feel about delivering the washing? A) She enjoyed the freedom from Mama. B) She was frightened by the people. C) The people angered her. D) She was afraid of getting lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She enjoyed the freedom from Mama. 11. "We have a million math problems for homework" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metonymy. C) Hyperbole. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. A character that experiences great change, like Scout or Sam I Am. A) Main character. B) Dynamic character. C) Static character. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 13. Assigning human qualities or attributes to objects or to non human beings A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. I can resist everything except temptation. A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Contrast. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 15. Is the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature A) Setting. B) Tone. C) Satire. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 16. Which definition is correct for the following term:Dramatic Irony A) When the audience knows something that the characters don't. B) When someone says something but means the opposite. C) A contrast between what we think will happen versus what actually happens. D) A comparison of two unlike things that simply states that one thing is another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the audience knows something that the characters don't. 17. The moral of the story or lesson learned. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Central Idea. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 18. The fire station on your street just burned down. A) Irony. B) Sarcasm. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 19. Comparing two unlike things usually formed with "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. When someone makes a literary, pop culture, musical, or other reference in a text/saying, it is called a(n) ..... A) Allusion. B) Syllogism. C) Paradox. D) Illusion. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. ← 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