This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 85 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 85 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the Antagonist? A) A Character or thing that is the source of conflict in a literary work. B) A struggle between two or more forces. C) The main character of a work. D) When something unexpected happens or is said. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Character or thing that is the source of conflict in a literary work. 2. A comparison between two unlike objects A) Metaphor. B) Short story. C) Simile. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. When a situation turns out differently from what one would expect normally (the opposite of what one may expect in order to create drama, suspense, or humor). A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 4. In the passage from the Bible, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:21), which literary device is used? A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parallelism. 5. The action that comes before the resolution is the ..... A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling Action. 6. Which of the following is an example of an onomatopoeia? A) The alarm clock buzzed when it was time to go. B) The crowd was a roaring. C) He charged the defender as brave as a lion. D) I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The alarm clock buzzed when it was time to go. 7. " My heart is pounding like a drum ", which literary device is used? A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Transferred Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. What is an example of oxymoron below? A) Shining like a diamond. B) Bob is a. C) Zombie. D) Jumbo shrimp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jumbo shrimp. 9. The emotion a work of literature evokes in its audience. A) Dialect. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 10. The clouds were edged with pink and gold. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 11. Identify the literary device in this sentence:I went to the mall and the beach and the supermarket and the park and the clothing store. A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. C) Alliteration. D) Conjunctivism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connectors. 12. A statement, often metaphorical, that seems to be self-contradictory but which has valid meaning A) Paradox. B) Symbol. C) Stream of Consciousness. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 13. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."But one day at recess, Eric followed her to her secret hiding place. 'Have you become a mole?' He laughed."This sentence includes a(n) ..... A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. A long speech entirely delivered by a single performer who alone on stage expressing his or her thoughts aloud A) Monologue. B) Meter. C) Soliloquy. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 15. Identify the literary device in the following passage: " ..... if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline" (Roosevelt 4). A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Juxtaposition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. The phrase 'as cold as ice' is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Euphony vs Cacophany A) Refering to a place, person, even or literary work. It can be real or fictional. B) Establishing a relationship between based on similarities between two concepts. C) Repetition of sounds produced by vowels in a sentence or phrase. D) Pleasant, melodic sounds vs harsh unpleasant sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasant, melodic sounds vs harsh unpleasant sounds. 18. True or false:You should always have comma splices in your writing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What is the definition for Motifs? A) An idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. B) Words used to create an idea or mental image of something, most often found in descriptions or created through descriptive language. C) Language, words and/or expressions that have meaning beyond their literal interpretation, often used to express links between ideas, characters and concepts or subtly tie into overall themes. D) A common and/or overused expression, often found in similes and metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. 20. Comparing two things using like or asEx. "You're like a kid Enola." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← 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