This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 216 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 216 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device is used in the sentence "'I kept pushing it on, steadily, steadily'? A) Comparison. B) Repetition. C) Parallel structure. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 2. May, Alex, and Jennifer are watching a suspenseful movie. How does the suspense in the movie influence their engagement with it? A) Suspense makes them lose interest in the movie. B) Suspense makes them more curious and eager to know what happens next. C) Suspense has no influence on their engagement. D) Suspense makes them confused and disoriented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspense makes them more curious and eager to know what happens next. 3. A reference to something. A) Analogy. B) Allegory. C) Allusion. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 4. Rock music was playing through the speakers at the gas station. John jumped out the window of his yellow Jeep without opening the door. As he pumped gas into the Jeep, he danced to the rock music. A girl with blonde hair was walking past. She said, "Wow, partner, you can really move." John tipped his hat to her and winked, and then he continued his performance. John climbed onto the hood of his Jeep and began stomping, shaking his hips, and clapping. Gas overflowed from the tank of the Jeep and spilled onto the ground. John continued to strut his stuff. What is the point of view? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person limited. 5. This type of irony is where a character says the opposite of what they mean. A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Flat iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 6. The exhilarating roller coaster ride filled me with excitement and adrenaline. A) Emotive language. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotive language. 7. The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves. A) External Conflict. B) Tone. C) Internal Conflict. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal Conflict. 8. A literary device used by an author to increase tension. A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 9. Read line 34.For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreamsOf the beautiful Annabel LeeWhat type of figurative language or stylistic element is found in this line? A) Personification. B) Rhyme. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 10. A struggle happening within a character's mind A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal conflict. 11. Which literary device demonstrates a phrase with an implied meaning that is different than the literal meaning? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Tone. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 12. It is so unfortunate that we have to let you go. A) Exaggeration. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 13. Who is the protagonist in a story? A) The minor character. B) The main character. C) The character against the main character. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main character. 14. What is the use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning? A) Symbol. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Imagery. D) Literary Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 15. Seriously funny A) Personification. B) Antithesis. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 16. 'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. Which word is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Literary Device. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. Lazarus's line " the wretched refuse of your teeming shore" is an example of what ..... A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Someone with a nice vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 19. Words or phrases that help to paint an image in the reader's mind A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 20. Words or phrases surrounding an unknown word that helps you figure out its definition. A) Central Idea. B) Irony. C) Repetition. D) Context clues. 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