Literary Devices Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?

Correct Answer: B) Terrific Timothy took time to talk/.

2. A technique where the author anticipates the audience's objections & addresses them is called

Correct Answer: B) Counterargument/counterclaim.

3. "Merry and tragical? Tedious and brief? That is hot ice, and wondrous strange snow! How shall we find the concord of this discord?"

Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition.

4. Initial Incident

Correct Answer: C) Conflict is Introduced.

5. Select the vowel used in the following example of assonance.Pass the bowl of peas please!

Correct Answer: A) A.

6. The author may use dialogue or how others react around them to show personality.

Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization.

7. The character (or force) who is in conflict withe the main character

Correct Answer: B) Antagonist.

8. Which is an example of an archetype?

Correct Answer: B) The Fallen Soldier.

9. Cat got your tongue?

Correct Answer: B) Idiom.

10. And let me the canakin clink, clink; And let me the canakin clink A soldier's a man; A life's but a span; Why, then, let a soldier drink.

Correct Answer: B) Limerick.

11. Blogs, vlogs, webinars and other interactive contents are multimedia .....

Correct Answer: B) Uses.

12. I smelled the delicious scent of yummy cookies baking in the oven.

Correct Answer: D) Imagery.

13. The association(s) evoked by a word beyond its literal meaning.

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

14. ..... is a rhetorical device in which a statement or situation contrasts with what is expected or known.

Correct Answer: C) Irony.

15. The main character of the story is shy and struggles to make new friends at school. Which type of conflict is shown?

Correct Answer: D) Man vs Self.

16. Equations in which the first pair of words has the same relationship as the second pair of words

Correct Answer: A) Analogy.

17. Why are literary devices used in writing?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

18. Death crept in without a word and stole what was most dear to me.

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

19. Pathetic Fallacy

Correct Answer: B) The external environment parallel the inner self.

20. There's enough food on the table to feed an entire army!

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.