This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the type of conflict in the story below?Billy must teach the computer to play itself at tic-tac-toe to see that there is no possible way to win and the only victory is to not play so it disables the missiles and "doesn't play" A) Man v.s Supernatural. B) Man v.s Society. C) Man v.s Technology. D) Man v.s Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man v.s Technology. 2. The challenges that occur in a story such as man vs. society, or himself. A) Society. B) Narrator. C) Character. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 3. Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes. They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet. When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed. They called them "crooked shoes." "What a silly idea, " they said. You can tell that shoes before 1800: A) Were pretty. B) Didn't look alike. C) Didn't fit very well. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't fit very well. 4. "Every Swan I've seen is white, therefore all swans are white" is an example of which fallacy? A) Slippery Slope Argument. B) To Man. C) Post Hoc. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasty Generalization. 5. Central idea of a work of literature (moral or message) A) Theme. B) Historical fiction. C) Plot. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 6. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'The silence was deafening'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. As he waited for the water to fill, Andy listened at the bathroom door, imagining the tepid water turning to steam and warming his iceberg body. A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. Recurring subject, theme, idea, etc. A) Motif. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 9. How does a literary analysis claim differ from a summary of a story? A) A summary focuses on the main events, while a literary analysis claim focuses on the author's techniques. B) A summary provides a brief overview, while a literary analysis claim gives an opinion about the story. C) A summary is objective, while a literary analysis claim is subjective. D) A summary is longer and more detailed, while a literary analysis claim is concise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A summary focuses on the main events, while a literary analysis claim focuses on the author's techniques. 10. Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work ; the use of language to create sensory impressions A) Satire. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 11. Any communication between two characters-generally spoken out loud-is known as-? A) Perception. B) Dialogue. C) Alliteration. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 12. Who is Clarisse's character foil? A) Montag. B) Mildred. C) Beatty. D) The Hound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mildred. 13. A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character who is alone onstage to himself or the audience. A) Monologue. B) Soliloquy. C) Dialogue. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy. 14. "Pair/Fair", "mad/glad", "sigh/ride" A) Allusion. B) Assonance. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 15. Whoosh! The bucket of water spilled everywhere. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. A comparison of two things without using the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Mood. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. A type of music, story, or music A) Genre. B) Conflict. C) Exposition. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 18. In the poem, "ribbons" Woodson describes her hair ribbons and writes that the ribbons are, "eager to anchor us to childhood" What literary device is she using here? A) Metaphor. B) Impact. C) Structure. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. The author simply tells the reader what the character's personality is. A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 20. The comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other, usually accompanied by like or as A) Metaphor. B) Simile. 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