This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 184 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 184 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Measurement of the positions and distances of stars A) Astrology. B) Astrogeology. C) Astrology. D) Astrometry. E) Astrography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Astrometry. 2. Compares two similar things by saying that one of them is the other. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Loose ends are tied up. At this point, the conflict(s) are resolved. A) Resolution. B) Climax. C) Falling Action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling Action. 4. "He clasps the crag with crooked hands; close to the sun ..... " Contains the words clasp, crag, crooked and close.What is the technique called? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. Sarah was accepted into her top choice for college, however, it is the most expensive one on her list. Should she sacrifice her family's wallet to attend the school of her dreams, or should she be conservative and consider other schools? A) Character vs Character. B) Character vs Nature. C) Character vs Society. D) Character vs Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character vs Self. 6. Hints that something is going to happen in the story Ex. George tells Lennie in the opening chapter that if he gets into trouble to go back and hide in the brush by the river. A) Hinting. B) Teasing. C) Foreshadowing. D) Spoiler alerts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 7. Digital storytelling allows students to improve their knowledge and increases skills such as writing, researching and reading. It tells us about multimedia ..... A) Benefits. B) Formats. C) Characteristics. D) Uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benefits. 8. A bee's buzzing would break the silence A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 9. Hinting at future plot development. A) Irony. B) Inference. C) Foreshadow. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadow. 10. He passed away last night. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 11. Which of the following is the best example of personification? A) "He ran like a cheetah". B) "James' rapping skills were fire". C) "The wind danced through the city". D) "The waterfall was like heaven". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The wind danced through the city". 12. Which sentence shows a comma separating independent clauses (compound sentence)? A) Jack does not like math nor does, Sue. B) They will go to the, store now for they need school supplies. C) Dan can go to the park or, he can go to the mall. D) James wants to leave now, yet we must wait for his little brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James wants to leave now, yet we must wait for his little brother. 13. A / An ..... involves words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings. A) Personification. B) Rhetorical question. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 14. Choose the best explanation for the given metaphor: "Hope is on the horizon." A) Indicates good things are in one's future. B) A boy is called Horizon. C) Hope is someone coming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicates good things are in one's future. 15. A grouping of lines in a poem, having the appearance of a paragraph A) Rhyme. B) Stanza. C) Meter. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 16. This literary device is usually found between quotation marks. A) Dialogue. B) Mood. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 17. What happens in a story, told in a sequenced, chronological order A) Plot. B) Parody. C) Pun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 18. Which one is same as denouement? A) Rising Action. B) Falling Action. C) Climax. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 19. How can tone help us understand a story? A) It helps us understand how the story is moving along. B) It tells us that the author really cares about what they are writing. C) It tells us what the author is thinking about the main character. D) It helps us understand the author's attitude towards something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It helps us understand the author's attitude towards something. 20. Which answer below is NOT a foreshadowing technique? A) Showing the reader a loaded weapon. B) Naming and approaching event. C) Giving the reader expectations. D) Repetition. 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