This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 229 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 229 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device is being used in the sentence:'The flowers danced in the gentle breeze'? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. The reader or audience knows something that the characters do not, resulting in increased tension. A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 3. "I don't really have an opinion, " he said."What?" Newt asked angrily."Sorry, I honestly don't." He shrugged. A) Beloved. B) Dialogue. C) Characterization. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 4. Whitman's line " ..... for you the flag is flung" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 5. Family should come before anything else. A) Main idea. B) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 6. When a character goes up against the laws or beliefs of a group, it is called character vs ..... A) Society. B) Self. C) Technology. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Society. 7. Plot Elements:Turning point of a narrative work; its point of highest tension and drama A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising Action. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 8. Any element, subject, idea, or concept that is constantly used through the entirety of literature or a specific genre. A) Theme. B) Motif. C) Moral. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 9. This is a literary device quite commonly used in children's stories and fantasy stories. This is a technique of treating animals, objects and any non human living thing as human. The animal/object talks, walks, thinks, behaves and even feels like humans. Such characters are often main characters in animations, comics or stories. eg Winnie the Pooh, E-Wall the robot and Baloo the bear. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Anthropomorphism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthropomorphism. 10. Foreshadowing happens at the end of the story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. What does Rhyme refer to in poetry? A) The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words. B) A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. C) The repetition of the initial sounds of words. D) The emotional or cultural association with a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of words. 12. Break a legThis is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) A critic. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 13. When something in a story represents itself AND stands for a bigger idea A) Onomatopoeia. B) Symbolism. C) Conflict. D) Sensory details. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 14. Which word means that it is sometimes put to music that tells a story in a number of short regular stanzas, often with a refrain? A) Lyric. B) Ballad. C) Elegy. D) Sonnet. E) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballad. 15. "A conflict of emotions filled me. My immediate feeling was one of guilt, like Hamlet confronted by the ghost of his father." A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 16. Verbal Irony is A) Play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words alike. B) What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate. C) A speaker says one thing but means the oppostite. D) When the reader or the audience knows something important that a character does not know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A speaker says one thing but means the oppostite. 17. What word means:A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. A) Facts. B) Statistics. C) Expert Opinion. D) Anecdotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdotes. 18. Creates strong images using descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) A) Imagery. B) Mood. C) Resolution. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. Which of the following is the definition for symbol? A) Language (words and phrases) that appeals to the five senses:taste, touch, smell, hearing, & sight. B) An implicit (not direct) comparison between two unlike things that DOES NOT use "like" or "as.". C) Anything (object, idea, or action) that stands for or represents something else. D) Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anything (object, idea, or action) that stands for or represents something else. 20. Dear Alex, Don't forget that our science project is due tomorrw. I will revise and edit the report. You will finish doing the poster. Make sure to use neat handwriting. I want a good grade, don't be a slacker.-Brecken Which word best describes the tone of this note? A) Bossy. B) Friendly. C) Helpful. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bossy. ← 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