This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 153 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 153 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the role of diction in writing? A) Diction has no role in writing. B) Diction is the arrangement of words in a sentence. C) Diction is the choice and use of words in writing. D) Diction refers to the punctuation used in writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction is the choice and use of words in writing. 2. To a Daughter Leaving Home:Part A:How does the poet use a simile in lines 15-24? A) The poet compares her daughter growing to her being breakable. B) The poet compares her daughter's hair to a handkerchief waving goodbye using the word "like" . C) The poet uses the multiple sounds of the letter P from line 18. D) The poet compares her daughter's life to screaming with laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poet compares her daughter's hair to a handkerchief waving goodbye using the word "like" . 3. WHICH LITERARY DEVICE IS USED IN THIS SENTENCE-IF TWO WITCHES WHERE WATCHING TWO WATCHES, WHICH WITCH WOULD WATCH WHICH WATCH ..... A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) ALLITERATION. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ALLITERATION. 4. When something that is not human is given human qualities it is called ..... A) Perosnication. B) Personalization. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. Modifies a noun or pronoun. A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Conjunction. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 6. Which is a synonym for narrative? A) A story. B) An essay. C) A poem. D) An article. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A story. 7. What is the tone in a literary work? A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. B) The author's implied or stated attitude toward the subject matter. C) The main problem in the story. D) The time and place in which a story is set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's implied or stated attitude toward the subject matter. 8. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The author's choice of words creates a somber tone.'? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 9. Lord Voldemort embodies all that is cruel, malicious, and evil, while Dumbledore contrasts Voldy by being kind-hearted and represents good. They are pretty much equal in terms of power, but Lord Voldemort and Dumbledore are ..... ? A) Foils for each other's personalities. B) Enemies who move the plot forward. C) Symbols of the perfect wizards. D) Metaphors for life and death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foils for each other's personalities. 10. Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. When a narrative makes a brief "jump" into the past A) Flashback. B) Exposition. C) Dramatic Hook. D) Flash-forward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 12. PLOT STRUCTURE (exposition, rising action, climax, etc.) is a ..... A) Literary Element (Integral part of a story). B) Literary Technique (Just an artistic "decoration"). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Element (Integral part of a story). 13. "New York City is the city that never sleeps" is an example of: A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. Vantage point from which a story is A) Point of view. B) Antagonist. C) Falling action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 15. Definition-It is an often-humorous way of poking fun at the powers that be. Sometimes, it is created with the goal to drive social change. It is both a genre and a literary device that holds human nature up to criticism and scorn. It is often political in focus but does not have to be. In literature, writers use irony, humor, and exaggeration to create successful ..... George Orwell's famous 1945 novel Animal Farm is a good example of this. A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. 16. How does Scrooge feel seeing the Christmas party of his former master, Fezziwig? A) He thinks that he lavished too much praise on Fezziwig. B) He wishes he could say a word or two to his clerk Bob Cratchit. C) He wishes he had given money to the boy singing carols. D) He realizes how much he has missed his sister, Fan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wishes he could say a word or two to his clerk Bob Cratchit. 17. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary A) Theme. B) Character. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 18. The main characterEx. Jimmy Valentine A) Lead actor. B) Antagonist. C) MVP. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 19. An exaggerated way of saying something A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. Warning of future events in the story A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Foreshadowing. D) Theme. 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