This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 43 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The authors universal message A) Setting. B) Theme. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 2. Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence below. People have always sought to protect their rights. A) Sought. B) Have always. C) People. D) To protect their rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To protect their rights. 3. The feeling an author creates through carefully chosen words, phrases, settings, and events A) Symbolism. B) Conflict. C) Mood. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 4. Select the sentence that is written correctly. A) Life is good when your laughing. B) Life is good when you're laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life is good when you're laughing. 5. When the author thwarts the reader's expectations, we call it ..... A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 6. ..... eases tension, shows how main character resolves conflict A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 7. Which literary device is shown here? 1 dicebas quondam te solum nosse Catullum A) Syncope. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syncope. 8. "Lightning danced across the sky. " This is an example of: A) Dialect. B) Foreshadowing. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. "Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathos. 10. "I ate a thousand donuts this morning." This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Simle. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. Which figure of speech is represented in the sentence below? She's happy as a clam. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. Stereotyped characters, symbols, or stories A) Repetition. B) Assonance. C) Archetype. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 13. What does the "W" stand for? A) Wonderful. B) Wonders. C) Word choice. D) What?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word choice. 14. Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of smell A) Tactile Imagery. B) Auditory Imagery. C) Gustatory Imagery. D) Olfactory Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Olfactory Imagery. 15. When Mrs. Jones makes dinner, Roger sits far away from her purse. Why? A) Mrs. Jones shows Roger that she trustshim, and he doesn't want to disappoint her. B) Roger is afraid that Mrs. Jones will call thepolice on him. C) Roger hopes that Mrs. Jones will give himmoney, and he won't have to steal it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Jones shows Roger that she trustshim, and he doesn't want to disappoint her. 16. External Rhyme in The raven is? A) ABCBBB. B) ABCCDE. C) ABCBCA. D) ABBCBB. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ABCBBB. 17. Identify the onomatopoeia in the sentences: A) The wind stilled across the plains. B) The wind blew during the storm. C) The wind sang during the storm. D) The wind whispered across the plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The wind whispered across the plains. 18. What is a sensory detail? A) A detail that describes something you can hear, taste, smell, touch or see. B) A detail that is sad or happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A detail that describes something you can hear, taste, smell, touch or see. 19. What's the definition of euphemism? A) A 'softer', more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. B) The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. C) The repetition of vowel sounds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A 'softer', more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. 20. The smell of lilies always reminds me of my grandmother's garden. I used to play there everyday when I was a child. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 21. Which literary device is used in this example? The fireplace heater hissed and cracked. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 22. Which word means a reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two? A) Allusion. B) Acrostic. C) Narrative. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 23. What do you think the most important thing we learn about Woodson is? A) She feels left out and lonely. B) She will be more successful than Odella in the future. C) She is creative and imaginative. D) She is more successful than her uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is creative and imaginative. 24. "The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken ..... " contains: A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 25. How many variations of literary devices exist? A) 10. B) 20. C) Basically infinite. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basically infinite. 26. Which literary device is defined as a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable? A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 27. What is the literary device that replaces phrasing that could make the reader uncomfortable? A) Cliche. B) Connotation. C) Pun. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 28. "Just like a moth drawn to a flame Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain." Is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 29. Antithesis is the use of ..... A) Opposites. B) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opposites. 30. "Jeremiah never took his foot off the gas his whole life, always living to see what's around the corner." is an example of: A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Characterization. 31. ..... is a sequence of events in a literary work A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Plot. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 32. What is the main difference between an explicit theme and an implicit theme? A) An explicit theme is only found in nonfiction, while an implicit theme is found in fiction. B) An explicit theme is always positive, while an implicit theme can be negative. C) An explicit theme is stated directly, while an implicit theme is inferred by the reader. D) An explicit theme is universal, while an implicit theme is specific to a particular culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An explicit theme is stated directly, while an implicit theme is inferred by the reader. 33. What is the tone of the following sentence? Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F. A) Angry. B) Witty. C) Suspicious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry. 34. Which literary device does the following phrase include? "While I pondered weak and weary." A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 35. Legally Blond is an example of ..... A) Man vs. Nature. B) Man vs. Man. C) Man vs Self. D) Man vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Society. 36. Which example represents internal conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" ? A) Rainsford vs. Zaroff. B) Ivan vs. the Malay Man Catcher. C) Zaroff vs. the Burmese Tiger Pit. D) Zaroff vs. hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zaroff vs. hunting. 37. Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 38. What is personification in fiction? A) Personification is the use of words that sound like what they mean in fiction. B) Personification is the attribution of human qualities to non-human entities in fiction. C) Personification is the use of fictional characters to represent real-life people. D) Personification is the use of non-human entities to represent human qualities in fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification is the attribution of human qualities to non-human entities in fiction. 39. 'The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live' (p. 21) A) Theme. B) Repetition. C) Paradox. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 40. "It sounded big." "Everything sounds big in the woods." A) Exaggeration. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 41. Third-person limited: A) Narrator is a character in the story; uses "I, " "we, " etc. B) Narrator outside the story; uses "he, " "she, " "they". C) Narrator tells only what one character perceives. D) Narrator can see into the minds of all characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrator tells only what one character perceives. 42. A direct comparison without using "like" or "as" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 43. One way a writer builds suspense is ..... A) Telling the facts. B) By introducing characters through out a text. C) By providing clues of a future event. D) By creating a mysterious setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By providing clues of a future event. 44. What is the high point/main event of the story known as? A) Setting. B) Rising Action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 45. What is a figure of speech that uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike ideas? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 46. Which part of the plot is the most intense? This is usually a turning point for the main character. A) Falling action. B) Exposition. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 47. "Her hair is like gold" and "as strong as an ox" are examples of: A) Similes. B) Personification. C) Metaphors. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similes. 48. This device is a figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as": A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 49. Is the character or force that blocks the main character. Is often, but not always the villain of the story. A) Stock character. B) Antagonist. C) Archetype. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 50. Figure of speech, in which a non human is given human characteristics A) Rising action. B) Personification. C) Foreshadowing. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 51. What is the major idea of a story or poem called? A) Tone. B) Main Idea. C) Theme. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 52. Her eyes were as round as oranges. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 53. Mary pulled back the curtains and saw some crows sitting in the tree. A) Simile. B) Foreshadowing. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 54. Main character put against a natural phenomenon. A) Person v. self. B) Person v. person. C) Person v. nature. D) Person v. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person v. nature. 55. How is theme defined? A) The perspective from which a writer tells a story. B) The central message or insight into life from the author. C) Gives background about setting and/or characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The central message or insight into life from the author. 56. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the turning point or high point of a story A) Climax. B) Point of view. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 57. "I couldn't wait to go to the carnival, smell the hot dogs, taste the cotton candy, and feel the exhilaration of riding the Ferris Wheel!" What tone you can get of the sentence? The speaker is ..... A) Patient. B) Excited. C) Furious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excited. 58. When a character battles a rule, law, or custom A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Himself. D) Man vs. Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs. Society. 59. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The isolated, gruesome blood-filled lair lay right below the brightly decorated, bustling town.'? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 60. POW! Bang! Buzzzzzz..... A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. 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