This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 113 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 113 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Connotation means the second definition in the dictionary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. 'Sister Anna, who frighten me with suspended insomnia! A) Alliteration. B) Polyptoton. C) Chiasmus. D) Twenty days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 3. The series of related events in a story or play A) Plot. B) Stage directions. C) Static. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 4. What is the term for a common saying that is understood in one language but cannot literally be translated into another language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 5. HAPPENS NEAR THE END OF A STORY AFTER THE CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION OF A MAJOR CONFLICT. A) Exposition. B) Inciting incident. C) Falling action. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling action. 6. What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally? A) Literal Language. B) Figurative Language. C) Poetic Language. D) Sensory Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative Language. 7. What is the meaning of the allusion?We do serious work in the classroom; it's not a Mickey Mouse Club in here! A) We don't keep mice. B) We don't goof off. C) We love to eat cheese. D) We don't like working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We don't goof off. 8. An indirect or passing reference to a person, place, or thing (usually in literature) A) Personification. B) Satire. C) Allusion. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 9. The owl laughed into the darkness. What type of figurative language is used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character. A) Internal Conflict. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External Conflict. 11. The central idea in a piece of literature; what a writer wishes to reveal or teach about a subject (should be in the form of a statement). A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Symbol. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 12. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work A) Theme. B) Stereotype. C) Epiphany. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 13. Choose the sentence that uses euphemism. A) The old man passed away peacefully in his sleep. B) The storm was so strong it knocked down trees. C) The child was very excited about going to the amusement park. D) The athlete ran incredibly fast and won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The old man passed away peacefully in his sleep. 14. Which type of irony is this:the audience realizes that someone is about to get killed in a scary movie but the character does not? A) Dramatic. B) Verbal. C) Situational. D) Cosmic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic. 15. The local playground demanded that they fight A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. When what actually happens is the opposite of what you would expect to happen A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 17. "I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is ..... A) Simile and personification. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. The author described the fight with (a) using words like "crash" and "pow" to describe the sounds of the action. A) Similarly. B) Irony. C) A nomenclature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nomenclature. 19. Comparison by using "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Winter's icy grip squeezed his rib cage. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books