This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main problem of the story called? A) Point of view. B) Conflict. C) Tone. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 2. Alliteration refers to: A) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. C) The use of words that evoke feeling. D) The repetition of vowel sounds within words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 3. What is this:The winter snow glistened in the setting sun. A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 4. Polyphemus said, "I do hope you can stay for dinner" (9). He really means: A) He is lonely and wants them to keep him company as he eats. B) He plans on having the men as his main course for dinner. C) He plans on feeding them the goats when they finish roasting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He plans on having the men as his main course for dinner. 5. A literary device that focuses on portraying a feeling that the director/ author/ actor wants the viewer or audience to pick up subconsciously. A) Athmosphere. B) Recognition. C) Allusion. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athmosphere. 6. "Life is one long, scary roller coaster, " is an example of what literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. The 'Either/Or' Fallacy is defined as: "Supporting your argument with an appeal to popularity" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Impulsive would be the opposite of this term ..... A) Prowess. B) Auspicious. C) Apathetic. D) They hesitate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They hesitate. 9. He is a well-acclaimed writer who wrote the parable entitled "The Story of the Pencil" . A) Paul Coelho. B) Paula Coole. C) Paulo Colle. D) Paulo Coelho. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paulo Coelho. 10. "Come, cords ..... come Nurse. I'll to my wedding bed, and death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!" - A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. A character's internal struggle with their emotions. A) Person vs. self conflict. B) Person vs. person conflict. C) Person vs. nature conflict. D) Person vs. society conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs. self conflict. 12. Life is a tamed cat with sharp paws. A) Metaphor. B) Adage. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Rhetorical strategy A) A type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it. Its purpose is to injure or to hurt. B) A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. It may be used for either serious or comic effect. C) Consciously directed methods of organizing and presenting thoughts in writing. While there are many rhetorical strategies, they generally fall into four major categories:Description, Exposition, Narration, and Persuasion. D) Writing that criticizes through humor, exposing the errors of a perceived problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consciously directed methods of organizing and presenting thoughts in writing. While there are many rhetorical strategies, they generally fall into four major categories:Description, Exposition, Narration, and Persuasion. 14. "They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. "Despite the crockpot fire, he ran into the burning house to save the family dog." A) Theme. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect Characterization. 16. Using words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to is ..... A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Rhyme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 17. The physical or social environment within which the characters in a work of prose operate is termed the: A) Plot. B) Prose. C) Setting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 18. To give human qualities to non-human things A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. "It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of which literary device? A) Idiom. B) Naming. C) Personification. D) Anthropomorphism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 20. O. Henry is not the author's real name. It is a ..... A) Synonym. B) Antonym. C) Pseudonym. D) None of above. 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