This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 217 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 217 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The time and location where a story takes place A) Conflict. B) Dialect. C) Setting. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 2. How words and phrases are arranged to create a though or sentence A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Apostrophe. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syntax. 3. Locate the personification in the following sentences: A) The stars twinkled and blinked at each other. B) The moon shone down like a lamp. C) The night sky was filled with twinkling lights. D) The stars danced playfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The stars danced playfully. 4. Sensory Imagery can explore any one or more of the five human senses:sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Does this sentence use active voice or passive voice?The paper was written by me. A) Active voice. B) Passive voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passive voice. 6. Examples include sarcasm, understatement, exaggeration, or overstatement. A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 7. A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract A) Verbal irony. B) Motif. C) Paradox. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 8. "The wind screamed in the night" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. "Molasses buckets appeared from nowhere, and the ceiling danced with metallic light." -TKAM, Ch 2 A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Malapropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. The central message, moral, or lesson in a literary work. A) Theme. B) Context Clues. C) Mood. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 12. To tell what something looks like, sounds like, or feels like, the author uses ..... writing A) Expository. B) Persuasive. C) Descriptive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive. 13. When a character has a problem with another character it is what type of conflict? A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Nature. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Man. 14. A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar A) Stanza. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 15. Definition of Denotation A) The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. B) An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. 16. That test took forever!I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse.I told you a million times.My bag weighs a ton. These are examples of: A) Similes. B) Personification. C) Hyperboles. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperboles. 17. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing, often influenced by the author's style and tone. A) Jargon. B) Diction. C) Dialect. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 18. A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, we know he's buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal. A) Situational irony. B) Foreshadowing. C) Verbal irony. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatic irony. 19. "The slightest exertion brought on a flood of perspiration." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 20. This more subtle method of characterization relies on you, the reader, to decide for yourself or make judgments on who the character is based on how the character acts and what others say about them. A) Dialogue. B) Direct characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect characterization. ← 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