This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 159 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 159 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A form of suspense where both options from which the character has to choose are negative. A) Complicating factor. B) Conflicts. C) Dilemma. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dilemma. 2. What's the fun difference between satire and sarcasm? A) Satire is a form of humor that uses irony and exaggeration to make a point. B) Sarcasm is a form of humor that uses irony and ridicule to make a point. C) Sarcasm is a form of humor that uses hyperbole and understatement to make a point. D) Satire is a form of humor that uses sarcasm and irony to make a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satire is a form of humor that uses irony and exaggeration to make a point. 3. "By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly" Which technique is being used? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Tone. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. The motorcycle growled when the rider turned it on. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. The tree's leaves tasted bitter, like unroasted coffee beans. A) Taste Imagery. B) Touch Imagery. C) Sight Imagery. D) Sound Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste Imagery. 7. Which literary device is shown here?23 causa viae est coniunx, in quam calcata venenum A) Hyperbaton. B) Synchysis. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 8. What is falling action A) The resolution French for "the act of untying" , it is when conflicts are resolved, loose ends are tied up, and the story concludes with a happy or sad ending. B) After the characters and main problem have been established, the main problem or conflict is dealt with by some kind of action. In this part of the story, the main character is in crisis. This is the place for tension and excitement. C) Winding down shows the result of the actions or decisions the character has made. D) The beginning characters and setting are introduced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Winding down shows the result of the actions or decisions the character has made. 9. "The goddess Diana's lip is not more smooth and rubious than yours" A) Metaphor. B) Epithet. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. A device in which an implausible concept or character is introduced at the end of a story in order to resolve the conflict and bring a pleasing resolution. A) Resolution. B) Falling Action. C) Denouement. D) Deus ex Machina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deus ex Machina. 11. What is induction? A) The process that moves from a generalization to a given series of specifics. B) The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization. C) The process that moves from one specific to another specific. D) The process that moves from a generalization to another generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process that moves from a generalization to a given series of specifics. 12. When the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 13. The word spread like leaves in a storm. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 14. Word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 15. The use of extreme exaggeration A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Her eyes were as bright as the stars'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. What literary device is this? "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother." A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Characterization. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 18. Which sentence is written in 1st person? A) I wanted to go to the mall, but COVID stopped me. B) She went to the mall, because no one could tell her what to do. C) You wanted to tell Ms. Jessica not to go to the mall, but was afraid that she would give you a failing grade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted to go to the mall, but COVID stopped me. 19. Choose the correct option."The sun smiled down on us while the trees in the happy wind." This is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. A mild or vague expression used instead of saying something more harsh. A) Idiom. B) Euphemism. C) Metaphor. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. ← 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