This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 171 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 171 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Conflict that exists between person and person or person and nature A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 2. "I thought Santa was going to be late, but he arrived in the "Nick" of time." This is an example of a A) Riddle. B) Sarcastic response. C) Allegory. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 3. A long speech expressing the thoughts and feelings of a character alone on stage. A) Dialogue. B) Monologue. C) Aside. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soliloquy. 4. Imagine Arjun, Evelyn, and Zoe are authors. They each write a particular piece for a specific reason, like to inform, entertain, or persuade. What is this reason called? A) Author's Craft. B) Imagery. C) Figurative Language. D) Author's Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author's Purpose. 5. The main lesson / moral of a story: A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Characterization. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 6. ..... is a word or group of words repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 7. The writer's attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Diction. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 8. Repetition of words or phrases. A) Anaphora. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbaton. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 9. Comparing things alike or not, using like or as. A) Analogy. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. What is the inversion of the usual order of word or clauses called? A) Anastrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Diacope. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anastrophe. 11. A literary device used to give clues or hints about events that will happen later in the story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 12. The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object A) Epithet. B) Euphemism. C) Figurative language. D) Anthropomorphism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthropomorphism. 13. A method an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits. A) Characterization. B) Foreshadowing. C) Hyperbole. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 14. In "The Wanderer, " the phrase grave's embrace in the line: "one a grieving earl Sadly gave to the grave's embrace" is an example of which structural element typical of Anglo-Saxon lyrics? A) Cutting. B) Assonance. C) Theory. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theory. 15. What literary device is used below:"He was as patient as a finish line." A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 16. What does denotative mean? A) Comparing two UNLIKE things using "like" or "as". B) Dictionary definition. C) Secondary meanings with positive or negative associations with the word. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictionary definition. 17. "When water is heated, the molecules move quickly, thus, causing the water to boil." This is an example of which text structure type? A) Problem & solution. B) Compare & contrast. C) Cause & effect. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause & effect. 18. A character with many different personality traits A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 19. The narrator's position in the story A) Point of view. B) First person. C) Second person. D) Third person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 20. The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. ← 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