This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 131 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 131 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The new student, who came from New York, didn't understand the ..... his classmates used when speaking. A) Rhetorical. B) Nostalgic. C) Vernacular. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vernacular. 2. You could have knocked me over with a feather. A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Allegory. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. Which of the following is an example of repetition? A) He could hear his world crashing down when he heard the news about her. B) The blue bug bit a black bear. C) When they came out of the theater, they all agreed that the film was a waste of money; it was a waste of time and energy. D) You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When they came out of the theater, they all agreed that the film was a waste of money; it was a waste of time and energy. 4. A theme that is revealed through literary elements is a/an A) Stated theme. B) Implied theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implied theme. 5. The island itself, the lagoon, ocean, and the time period, the 1940s, could be described as the ..... of the story. A) Symbol. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 6. "The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention:now that is ..... " A) Red herring. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 7. What does "slow as a snail" mean? A) It looks like a snail. B) It's the shape of a snail. C) It moves quickly. D) It moves very slowly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It moves very slowly. 8. All of the events in a story A) Conflict. B) Exposition. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 9. She is as sad as the sea-bird going forth alone A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. An underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand ..... defines the following term A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Theme. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 11. All events that happen as direct result of the climax A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falling action. 12. Which poetic technique is used to create a vivid mental image through descriptive language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 13. This is the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. A) Symbol. B) Suspense. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspense. 14. Alex, Juliann, and Jaydee are watching a suspenseful movie. They start discussing the film techniques. Alex thinks foreshadowing and suspense are the same thing. Juliann believes foreshadowing is used to create tension, while suspense hints at future events. Jaydee, on the other hand, argues that foreshadowing hints at future events, while suspense creates tension and anticipation for what will happen next. Who is correct? A) Juliann is correct:Foreshadowing is used to create tension, while suspense hints at future events. B) Jaydee is correct:Foreshadowing hints at future events, while suspense creates tension and anticipation for what will happen next. C) Alex is correct:Foreshadowing and suspense are the same thing. D) None of them are correct:Foreshadowing is only used in non-fiction, while suspense is used in fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jaydee is correct:Foreshadowing hints at future events, while suspense creates tension and anticipation for what will happen next. 15. Comparing two seemingly unlike things using only a linking verb (is, are, was, were) A) Simile. B) Symbol. C) Metaphor. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Jim and John walked into the nearly empty movie theater. There was one person already seated. "All the good seats are taken, " said John. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal. 17. Shows how the situation turns out; ties up loose ends A) Exposition. B) Falling Action. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 18. Complete the Simile:As big as ..... A) An ant. B) A giraffe. C) A bottle. D) An elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An elephant. 19. Speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandem deveniunt. prima et Tellus et pronuba Iunodant signum; fulsere ignes et conscius aetherconubiis summoque ulularunt vertice Nymphae. What literary device is found in the bolded line? A) Alliteration. B) Synchesis. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. The person telling the story A) Narrator. B) Switch. C) Stock character. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. ← 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