This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 232 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 232 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of irony occurs when a person says one thing but means something else? A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 2. Consider a novel where the author uses detailed descriptions and expressive language to paint a picture in the reader's mind. This technique often engages all senses to create a vivid mental image. What is this technique called? A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Symbol. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 3. The contrast between what happens and what was expected A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 4. Which literary device is shown here?34 tendimus huc omnes, haec est domus ultima, vosque36 haec quoque ..... A) Chiasmus. B) Polyptoton. C) Hyperbole. D) Anaphora . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polyptoton. 5. What is this an example of? The windows of the house blinked as the shutters were closed A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Refrain. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. "'Mine is a long and a sad tale! said the Mouse, turning to Alice, and sighing. 'It is a long tail, certainly, ' said Alice, looking down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; 'but why do you call it sad?" ' A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Paradox. D) Tautology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 7. Select the response that does not characterize prose. A) Prose contains paragraphs. B) Prose has no specific style and no rhythm. C) Prose has no defined line breaks. D) Prose contains stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prose contains stanzas. 8. Which of the following answers is a correct example of Motif in "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata? A) The convenience store as a symbol of a haven from societal norms. B) The dead bird as a symbol for difference. C) The protagonist's obsession with fashion. D) The protagonist's desire to travel the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The convenience store as a symbol of a haven from societal norms. 9. Comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"; My love is like a red, red rose. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. When an author shows things that reveal the personality of a character through speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and/or looks A) Mood. B) Indirect characterization. C) Sensory details. D) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 11. "The whispers of the looming war were only echoes of the past." This sentence is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Flashback. E) Foreshadowing tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Foreshadowing tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. 12. If you had to choose a character that most closely resembles Orwell, himself, which character would it be? A) Boxer. B) Napoleon. C) Moses. D) Benjamin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benjamin. 13. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:Sally likes to sell her sea shells by the Oceanside seashore on Sunday. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 14. The statement, "Mary is feeling under the weather today" is a hyperbole. True or False? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. What are the 3 Literary devices we learned in class? A) Flashback, Cliffhanger & Foreshadowing. B) Flashback, Foreshadowing & Suspense. C) Suspense, Flashback & Cliffhanger. D) Cliffhanger, Suspense & Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback, Foreshadowing & Suspense. 16. Like a heavenly choir, the birds chirped outside my window. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. It is a figure of speech that joins two unlike or different things directly, without using "like", "as", or "as if." A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. What literary devices makes the reader feel uncertain, anxious, or tense about upcoming events in a story? A) Foreshadow. B) Suspense. C) Flashback. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspense. 19. Exclaiming "Oh great!" after failing an exam or a marriage counselor filing for divorce are both examples of ..... A) Tone. B) Assonance. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 20. Which literary device is shown here?64 non aliter stupuit gemina nece coniugis Orpheus, 65 quam tria qui timidus, medio portante catenas, A) Assonance. B) Antithesis. C) Litotes. D) Growing tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. ← 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