This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 150 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 150 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The part of the plot that is the fallout from the highest point of tension. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling Action. 2. A poetic device where objects are given human characteristics. A) Protagonist. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 3. Mood is best described as A) The emotions of the protagonist. B) How the characters respond to the problem. C) Where the story takes place. D) The emotions brought out in a reader by the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The emotions brought out in a reader by the text. 4. The connotation of the word "snake" could be danger or deceit, depending on the context. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. A narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of multiple characters. A) Omniscient Narrator. B) Mood. C) Limited omniscient narrator. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omniscient Narrator. 6. That fat cat weighs about a thousand pounds!This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. What is this an example of? The captain couldn't keep the men in the cabins. A) Diction. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 8. The humanizing characteristic of the story, the life lesson or moral emphasized and shown through the text if one can read between the lines. A) Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 9. Fit as a fiddle A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. The algebra test stared back at me, challenging me to a fight. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 11. The people in a story A) Actors. B) Plot. C) Characters. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 12. These are examples of which device? Freezer Burn Random Order Jumbo Shrimp A) Hyperbole. B) Hook. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 13. Which part of the plot diagram is the most exciting part of the story and is the turning point? A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Denouement. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 14. What literary device makes the reader curious about what will happen next? A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Suspense. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 15. Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you? A) Chiasmus. B) Alliteration. C) Multi-connector. D) Silence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 16. And indirect reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture A) Symbol. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. SIMILE means: A) Compares two different things WITHOUT LIKE or AS. B) Compares two different things using LIKE or AS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compares two different things using LIKE or AS. 18. "My kid sister Cheryl and I always bragged about our Sioux grandpa, Joe Iron Shell. Our friends, who had always lived in the city and only knew about Indians from movies and TV, were impressed by our stories." ..... "The Medicine Bag" What point of view is the story told in? A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Person. 19. Which sound device uses repeating patterns of sounds, especially stressed and unstressed syllables? A) Rhyme. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Rhythm. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 20. LITERARY DEVICE THAT WRITERS UTILIZE AS A MEANS TO INDICATE OR HINT TO READERS SOMETHING THAT IS TO FOLLOW OR APPEAR LATER IN A STORY. A) Climax. B) Falling action. C) Foreshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. ← 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