This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 271 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 271 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The narrator is outside of the story telling the story. A) 3rd person. B) 1st person. C) Limited/3rd person. D) Omniscient/3rd person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person. 2. Expectation does not match reality, often is humorous A) Allusion. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 3. The placing of two characters, ideas, settings, or concepts side-by-side for closer comparison is called ..... A) Simile. B) Juxtaposition. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 4. "Mae swung the shotgun round her head like a wheel." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. What is the definition of anapestic meter? A) A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. C) A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. D) An anapest is a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An anapest is a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. 6. What is the Exposition? A) The first hurdles or conflict in the literary work. B) The moment when all of the loose ends are tied up and all the questions are answered. C) The background information given at the beginning. D) The results or effects of the climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The background information given at the beginning. 7. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Character. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 8. Literary devices are tools and techniques authors use to ..... the reader. A) Confuse. B) Engage. C) Inform. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Engage. 9. A figure of speech that gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. A) Mood. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 10. Read the following passage from a story:Mercy snorted. She should have known better than to challenge Victoria. Of all Mercy's friends, Victoria talked loudest, ran fastest, and took the most risks. She bragged about the time she convinced her older brothers to spend a weekend building her a fort. Mercy liked to call Victoria "Buster" . "Because you are always busting things up, " she laughed. Victoria wore the nickname with pride. Based on the passage, which of the following is one of Victoria's character traits? A) Forgetful. B) Confused. C) Bold. D) Shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bold. 11. What is Hypophora? A) Hyper children. B) Level of consciousness is raised in a state euphoria. C) Hyperactive anxiety in a character shown in speech and actions. D) Someone gives a question but answers it themselves; often when reasoning things out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone gives a question but answers it themselves; often when reasoning things out. 12. Giving human characteristics to non-living things A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Allegory. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. A static character ..... A) Stays the same throughout the story. B) Undergoes changes in the story. C) Has a lot of cool powers. D) Is generally unlikeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stays the same throughout the story. 14. The rain was pouring steadily down, as the thunder started to increase in volume. The soccer players were evacuated from the field and the weather started to increase in its intensity. When the rain started to slow down and the sun started to shine, the game was able to continue on. "I'm so glad we are able to finish our game, " the captain said. The team won 5-2 and it was a victorious day in the end. A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Not ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not ironic. 15. A character opposes (fights against) another character. A) Person vs. self conflict. B) Person vs. person conflict. C) Person vs. nature conflict. D) Person vs. society conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs. person conflict. 16. What is exaggeration for effect? A) Antithesis. B) Ambiguity. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. An introduction to a piece of writing by establishing the characters, setting, plot, and conflict. A) Foreshadowing. B) Exposition. C) Plot. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 18. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"My whole body went numb when I slipped and fell into the freezing cold river." A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. Combining two sentences into one compound sentence to show that two ideas are connected and of equal importance A) Diction. B) Irony. C) Syntax. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 20. "Time flies like an arrow." This sentence is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Diction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← 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