Quiz on Literary Devices

Question 1

15) Internet access here is not unlimited

Accepted Answer

Litotes

Question 2

Euphemism is similar to dysphemism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

12) On the bus, it is polite to give up your seat for senior citizens.

Accepted Answer

Euphemism

Question 4

3) The opposition says the president is a reckless bus driver

Accepted Answer

Allegory

Question 5

5) Poppies are used to stand for event during WW2

Accepted Answer

Symbolism

Question 6

13) William Shakespeare is still alive.

Accepted Answer

Paradox

Question 7

7) There was a head count of all Grade 9 students.

Accepted Answer

Synecdoche

Question 8

2) The 'cousin' of oxymoron'

Accepted Answer

Antithesis

Question 9

11) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle pepper

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 10

14) The birds chirped while the cats meowed.

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 11

1) The incident gives an idea of happens in the subequent chapters.

Accepted Answer

Foreshadowing

Question 12

6) The woods whistled in the breeze

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 13

9) Betty hates and burns books, yet, she derives a lot of knowledge from them.

Accepted Answer

Antithesis

Question 14

4) An army of students beseeched the Principal's office

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 15

8) A reference to a historical, biblical or classical information.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Questions 15