This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 201 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 201 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This figure of speech that compares two things, using the words as/like. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Two consecutive words with opposite or very different meanings A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Situational irony. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 3. A hint or clue in a story that suggests some action is to follow to create interest or suspense is called: A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Stereotyping. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 4. A ..... is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative A) Climax. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 5. "Hyperbole" is a ..... A) Literary Element. B) Literary Technique. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Technique. 6. When the author presents an event from the past out of sequence A) Analogy. B) Flashback. C) Analogy. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 7. What is the infinitive in the sentence? Blanca tried to hide a new puppy from her parents. / What is the infinitive in the sentence? Blanca tried to hide a new puppy from her parents. A) Blanca tried. B) To hide. C) A new puppy. D) Her parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hide. 8. In the sentence 'The thunder roared and the rain poured.', what literary device is being used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. He was lying so much that his nose was beginning to grow. This reference is an example of which literary technique? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 10. When an author uses descriptive language about how something feels, that is ..... A) Gustatory imagery. B) Tactile imagery. C) Olfactory imager. D) Visual imagery. E) Auditory imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tactile imagery. 11. Dictionary meaning of a word A) Annotation. B) Synonym. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 12. "Stop acting so smart-it's not like you're Einstein or something." A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 13. A transition in a story to an earlier event or scene is the definition of what term? A) Inversion. B) Hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing. D) Euphemism. E) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Flashback. 14. Which literary device is used in this example?I know that I know nothing. A) Paradox. B) Allegory. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 15. What is the difference between a literary element and a literary device? A) There is no difference. B) Elements are in every story; devices are used to add meaning to a story. C) Devices are in every story; elements are used to add meaning to a story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elements are in every story; devices are used to add meaning to a story. 16. "SLAM!" A) Oxymoron. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxygen. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 17. Which literary device demonstrates exaggeration, overstatement A) Onomatopoeia. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Jargon. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 19. A recurrent element in a literary work A) Allusion. B) Motif. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 20. The form or a format through which narrators tell their stories. A) Opinion. B) Voice. C) Flashback. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voice. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books