This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art to enrich the reading experience by adding meaning. A) Allusion. B) Flashback. C) Figurative language. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. "Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." These lines show an example of: A) Stanza. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. A reference to someone/something in history or pop culture A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Symbolism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 4. "Our hands are earth, our bodies are clay, and our eyes are pools of rain, " A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. The writer's choice of setting, choice of vocabulary and other details that impacts general mood of the writing is called A) Flashback. B) Allusion. C) Setting. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 6. The sequence of events that makeup a story, storyline A) Subplot. B) Plot. C) Linear plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 7. Which of the following nouns is a thing? A) Doctor. B) Pencil. C) Nurse. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pencil. 8. What is the mood in a literary work? A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. B) The climate of feeling the author delivers to the audience. C) The main problem in the story. D) The time and place in which a story is set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The climate of feeling the author delivers to the audience. 9. The time and place of action A) Exposition. B) Assonance. C) Setting. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 10. What does the idiom, "Your eyes are bigger than your stomach mean?" A) You have big eyes. B) You have taken more or want more than you can eat. C) You are mad at someone. D) You think the food is gross. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You have taken more or want more than you can eat. 11. What is not required for alliteration to take place? A) Repetition. B) Rhyming. C) Consonants. D) Consonant sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyming. 12. ..... is a complication (conflict) after complication that leads to climax A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 13. Although she thought the roller coaster ride would be fun, the sensation of being flipped through the air made Rosie relive the horrible car accident she had suffered eight years ago. A) Hyperbole. B) Flashback. C) Allusion. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 14. The ball was round like an orange. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The central/main message expressed in a story A) Theme. B) Universal theme. C) Irony. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 16. A plot is ..... A) The people in the story. B) A story. C) The events in a story. D) A conflict faced by the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The events in a story. 17. Recognize the hyperbole in the sentences: A) It's so hot I could melt into a puddle. B) It's so hot I'm sweating. C) It's so hot I'm as sweaty as a horse. D) It's so hot that I can't stay outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's so hot I could melt into a puddle. 18. "The wise fool is burning my taco" employs what kind of literary device? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 19. What does the word "Informational text" mean? A) Non-Fiction material. B) Provides directions. C) Answers serious questions. D) One way to spell a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-Fiction material. 20. What is a stock character? A) Meaning the opposite thing for humor. B) A character in a drama or fiction that represents a type and that is recognizable as belonging to a certain genre. A stereotypical character. C) A foil is a character who contrasts with another character,. D) Boring character that doesn't change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A character in a drama or fiction that represents a type and that is recognizable as belonging to a certain genre. A stereotypical character. ← 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