This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 146 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 146 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The song title "What a Wonderful World" by Louie Armstrong is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. You are a box of crayons. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Dramatic struggle between two forces in a story A) Point of view. B) Antagonist. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 4. Which type of conflict is the following:The main character pushes back against laws and rules. A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 5. When what is said is different from what is meant A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 6. What is the time and place where a story occurs called? A) Plot. B) Tone. C) Inciting incident. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 7. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "The sun loved the moon so much, he died every night to let her breathe." A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 8. What is a repetition of initial letters in a sequence of words? A) Alliteration. B) Plosive. C) Sibilance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. "She's as clever as a fox" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Metonymy. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Example:I think he has a few skeletons in his closet. A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 11. Which POV uses "you" and "your" to tell a story? A) 2nd person. B) 3rd person limited. C) 1st person. D) 3rd person objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2nd person. 12. Which sentence IS about the setting? A) They could not get past the locked door. B) They filled their pockets with candy. C) They almost got caught!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They could not get past the locked door. 13. What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses? A) 3rd person view. B) 1st person view. C) Bird's eye view bird's eye view. D) Narrator's view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st person view. 14. The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stresses syllable. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Oxymoron. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. Which of the following is an example of a motif in literature? A) A recurring symbol or image that represents or contributes to a theme. B) The time and place where a story occurs. C) The main character's internal thoughts and feelings. D) The actions and dialogue of the supporting characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A recurring symbol or image that represents or contributes to a theme. 16. Sequence of events in a narrative A) Drama. B) Narration. C) Plot. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 17. Define internal conflict: A) The process by which a writer makes the personal qualities of the characters in a story clear and believable. B) When the main character is in conflict with himself/herself. C) When the main character struggles against an outside force. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the main character is in conflict with himself/herself. 18. The complications and problems that keep the plot from moving too smoothly toward the resolution A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 19. Which of the following means: "falling apart or ruined, run-down?" A) Vigilant. B) Solace. C) Astonished. D) Dilapidated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dilapidated. 20. When you have to infer to find out what a Character is like A) Irony. B) Plot. C) Indirect Characterization. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect Characterization. 21. When the author repeats something A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 22. He opened the cupboard and released a woody stench into the kitchen A) Gustatory (Taste) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Olfactory (Smell) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory (Smell) Imagery. 23. Which one is NOT a character trait of Poppy? A) Intelligent. B) Kind. C) Arrogant. D) Brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arrogant. 24. The three-year-old peered down from the diving board and looked back at his mother behind him. His knees began to buckle as he took another step forward. "Splash!" A) It takes courage to accomplish your goals. B) People make sacrifices for others. C) It takes loyalty to reach your dreams. D) You should never give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It takes courage to accomplish your goals. 25. You look beautiful in your shabby attire.is an example of ..... A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Contrast. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 26. The very first part of the plot. A) Exposition. B) Plot. C) Climax. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 27. The perspective in a story refers to what? A) Chapters. B) Story objects. C) Point of view. D) Story length. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 28. In a poetry recital, Acxel kept using the same line in his poem. This is an example of which literary device? A) Repetition. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 29. Fill in the blank with the missing words:In foreshadowing, the author gives clues into what might happen in the future through ..... or ..... clues. A) Subtle; direct. B) Dark; light. C) Content; scared. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subtle; direct. 30. The students were as quiet as ghosts. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Flashback. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 31. Which literary device states one thing that is another thing? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 32. I'll climb a thousand mountains, just to be close to you. A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 33. A round character will have ..... A) No flaws whatsoever. B) The perfect ending and resolution. C) Flaws and dimension. D) An oval or round shaped face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flaws and dimension. 34. What is the foreshadow in this passage? It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything. A) That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed. B) That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything. C) They were about to eat breakfast. D) That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything. 35. Resolution (denouement) A) The turning point of the story, has the most suspense and tension. B) Near the end of the story, after the climax and leading up to the resolution. C) The end of the story where the conflict has been resolved. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The end of the story where the conflict has been resolved. 36. "More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss." A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 37. Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to are examples of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Literary device. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 38. A character who undergoes an important inner change such as a change in personality, or attitude A) Flat. B) Dynamic. C) Minor. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic. 39. (aabb) (ccdd) (eeff) (gghh) is an example of A) Quatrain. B) Rhyme scheme. C) End rhyme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme scheme. 40. What the text says + your background knowledge A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Inference. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inference. 41. "What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet, the sun!" A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 42. 'Cause all of meLoves all of youLove your curves and all your edgesAll your perfect imperfections A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Metonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 43. Hints that are given that warn you that something may happen later in the story is called ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) External. C) Flashback. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 44. The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 45. A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen. A) Suspense. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) Simile. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 46. "All of my life I'd been warned that the waters lied." -This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor / Alliteration. B) Alliteration / Simile. C) Assonance / Personification / Alliteration. D) Simile / Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance / Personification / Alliteration. 47. When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using ..... A) Dialect. B) Characterization. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 48. Literary work with a happy ending A) Comedy. B) Poetry. C) Tragedy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 49. This type of character is uncomplicated and usually a side-kick. A) Static. B) Round. C) Dynamic. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat. 50. An expression that conveys the opposite belief of the speaker in a humorous way is called ..... A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 51. Kapow, Boom, Buzz is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Cliche. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 52. The Joker, Batman, Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser are all examples of what? A) Archetypes. B) Allusions. C) Metaphors. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archetypes. 53. "He's the laziest dog in the world" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 54. What are the rows of words in a poem called? A) Stanzas. B) Rhyme. C) Rhythm. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lines. 55. Which is an example of an PROTAGONIST? A) The majority of Hatchet takes place in the Canadian wilderness in summer. B) Margot (from All Summer in a Day) or Little Red Riding Hood. C) The wolf to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. D) Brian's decision of whether or not to tell his parents what he knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Margot (from All Summer in a Day) or Little Red Riding Hood. 56. Character who stands in opposition to the central character in a story A) Flat character. B) Protagonist. C) Dynamic character. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 57. The use of vivid sensory language in literature A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 58. The mood of a passage, book, or song is ..... A) How you feel after reading or listening. B) The author's attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How you feel after reading or listening. 59. What is the definition of diction? A) Word choice. B) A comparison using like or as. C) Giving a non-human thing human characteristics. D) A comparison between two unlike things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word choice. 60. When the audience knows something the characters don't know A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. 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