This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 172 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 172 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT a similar feature of plays AND novels? A) Plot. B) Characterisation. C) Stage directions. D) Literary devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage directions. 2. The dog was a guilty thief. A) Idiom. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. What is the Repetition? A) It repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. B) It could be a word, a phrase, or a full sentence, or a poetical line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. 4. The road was a black ribbon winding through the trees. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. A character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight their differences. A) Dynamic character. B) Static character. C) Foil character . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foil character . 6. Aphorism A) A story which begins and ends at the same place. B) A brief statement expressing some truth as shown in a story; it can be a moral, or proverb, or maxim. C) Exaggeration or distortion of a physical trait or behavior, to make a character appear comic or ridiculous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A brief statement expressing some truth as shown in a story; it can be a moral, or proverb, or maxim. 7. Which is an example of a Flashback? A) When Anwar was about to play in the final, he remembered of what he did last year. He remembered how he scored 3 goals and won the tournament for the team. He hoped that will happen again. B) While Jeff was playing Fortnite on the PS4, he realised that he should get up and go do his homework. C) On friday, Jaafar went to the chalet. He had lots of fun there and he hoped that because of the heavy rain, there would be no school. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When Anwar was about to play in the final, he remembered of what he did last year. He remembered how he scored 3 goals and won the tournament for the team. He hoped that will happen again. 8. What is the regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem? A) THE FATHER. B) CDC. C) ABBA. D) AABB. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE FATHER. 9. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood" (King 2). A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. Sequence of events in a story is ..... A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Pun. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 11. This type of writing considers similarities and differences. A) Description. B) Compare & contrast. C) Chronological order. D) Cause & effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare & contrast. 12. Definition-the person telling the story, and it determines the point of view that the audience will experience. Every work of fiction has one! The ..... can take many forms-it may be a character inside the story (like the protagonist) telling it from his own point of view. It may be a completely neutral observer or witness sharing what he sees and experiences. It may be someone who is outside the story but has access to a character's or characters' thoughts and feelings. Or, it may be an all-knowing presence who knows everything about the whole story, its setting, its characters, and even all of its history. A) First person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) Third person limited point of view. D) Third person omniscient point of view. E) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Narrator. 13. The highest point of tension or drama in a narratives' plot. A) Rising Action. B) Plot. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 14. Break a leg! What type of figurative language is this? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 15. "That dog is as friendly as a rattlesnake" is an example of A) Verbal irony. B) Pun. C) Allusion. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 16. Amy, Tiffany, and Johnny are in a heated debate during their book club meeting. They are trying to pinpoint a literary device that adds suspense and uncertainty to the novel they are discussing. Can you assist them? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Foreshadowing. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 17. A comparison between two unlike objects without using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. "My baby brother is a cute little teddy bear" is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. The use of like or as in a comparison signals that it is a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. Use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur. A) Foreshadowing. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Juxtaposition. 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