This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 261 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 261 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of inference? A) Referring to an event that happened earlier. B) Preparing for something that will happen later on. C) Reading between the lines. D) Offering alternative suggestions to a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reading between the lines. 2. Which of the following would not be an example of theme? A) Love conquers all. B) Coming of age (growing up). C) Power and corruption. D) A boy meets a girl, they fall in love, they get married. The end. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A boy meets a girl, they fall in love, they get married. The end. 3. The character who challenges the main character is known as the: A) Protagonist. B) Narrator. C) Conflict. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 4. Suspension of disbelief A) An unexpected turn in the development of the plot. B) An unspoken agreement between the writer and the reader. C) A reversal in order, nature, or effect. D) A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An unspoken agreement between the writer and the reader. 5. Are used to refer to people or things A) Rhetorical question. B) Imperative command. C) Emotive language. D) Personal pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal pronouns. 6. The use of words with sound that suggest their meaning (i.e. Bang! Boom!) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 7. A figure of speech often involving an implied comparison A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The following statement is an example of which literary device?Jimmy just has a heart of gold. A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 9. When an author refers to a person, place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference, leaving it up to the reader to make the connection. A) Foreshadowing. B) Setting. C) Anastrophe. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. The ATTITUDE given to characters in a literary work A) Paradox. B) Tone. C) External Conflict. D) Internal Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 11. Which modal verb is not of high modality? A) Should. B) Must. C) Might. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 12. Like a kangaroo, I jumped out of bed on Friday morning!What is the literary device in blue? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. What does pathos mean? A) The use of emotional appeals. B) The use of reason. C) The use of one's own character and credibility. D) The use of vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of emotional appeals. 14. "Bruh, school is the ABSOLUTE WORST thing in the whole entire world." This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 15. I didn't have any bus fare, but fortunately some good Samaritan helped me out! A) Alliteration. B) Conflict. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 16. Which type of imagery is associated with the sense of movement or action? A) Kinetic. B) Olfactory. C) Gustatory. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kinetic. 17. Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 18. This is the highest point of interest, the turning point of the story or the moment of greatest suspense. A) Climax. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 19. The repetition of vowel sons at the beginning, middle or end of at least two words in a line of poetry. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Irony. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance. 20. Events, actions or words that mean the opposite of what we'd expect. A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. ← 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