This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Speaking to someone who is dead or not currently present is known as what? A) Apostrophe. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 2. The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. A) Resolution. B) Falling Action. C) Denouement. D) Deus ex Machina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denouement. 3. Definition-Something that stands for something else; a thing that suggests more than its literal meaning. Example-In our culture, Albert Einstein is the ultimate representation of intelligence and scientific genius. When we simply see Einstein's iconic face on a T-shirt, book cover, or advertisement, we immediately know that whoever put that image there was trying to say something related to extreme intelligence. A) Atmosphere. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 4. The main character of a work-the one we "root for A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Characterization. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 5. What is discourse? A) A monologue on a specific topic. B) A discussion on a specific topic. C) A debate on a specific topic. D) A narrative on a specific topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A discussion on a specific topic. 6. "The reflection of the sunlight danced on the surface of the water mockingly, as if it knew I could not do anything to join its dance" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. Go get the ghost out of the gutter before gagging on the gum. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. This is the beginning of the end. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 9. The writer, speaker, or narrator's attitude toward their subject. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Persona. D) Register. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 10. "The doorbell sang" is an example of A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. "I had to wait in the station for ten days-an eternity."What poetic device is this an example of? A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. The story comes to a reasonable ending. A) Falling Action. B) Climax. C) Exposition. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 13. Isabel's soccer team cheered. The coach gave them a trophy. What do you think happened? A) They missed the goal. B) The coach got kicked out of the game. C) They won the game. D) The other team won the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They won the game. 14. "I've told you a million times, do not exaggerate!" Which device is present in this example? A) Metaphor. B) Controlling metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 15. Words that imitate, or sound like, the actions they describe (bang, slurp, etc) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Parody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 16. What is a contrast of ideas in the same piece? A) Antithesis. B) Ambiguity. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antithesis. 17. The audience knows something that the characters do not. A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Ironic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic irony. 18. Third-Person Point of View is: A) The narrator is talking to you. B) The narrator is talking about themselves and their experiences. C) The narrator is talking about the characters, but is not a character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator is talking about the characters, but is not a character. 19. A character, symbol, story pattern or other element common to human experience across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature. A) Hero. B) Archetype. C) Point of view. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 20. An object that represents an idea larger than itself A) Motif. B) Verbal irony. C) Symbol. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. ← 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