Literary Devices Quiz 285 (20 MCQs)

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1. Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe.-John Milton

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

2. The boss is like a lion. What type of figurative language is this?

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

3. An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common.

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

4. Identify the type of irony in the following sentence:'The blind man was given a beautiful painting as a gift.'

Correct Answer: C) Situational irony.

5. What is the mood in a story?

Correct Answer: A) Feeling that the author creates to the reader.

6. That house has been there since the dawn of time. It's really old, and is starting to fall apart.

Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole.

7. If we know something happening in the story that the character don't, what type of irony is this?

Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony.

8. A(n) ..... is a story in which the characters, settings, and actions stand for something beyond themselves.

Correct Answer: A) Allegory.

9. An object, person, place or experience that represents something else.

Correct Answer: C) Symbol.

10. He was as slow as a sloth.

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

11. An example of this device might be:The repeated image/idea of dying plants

Correct Answer: D) Motif.

12. She was as wise as an owl.

Correct Answer: D) Simile.

13. A struggle between two opposing forces, especially involving the protagonist.

Correct Answer: A) Literary Conflict.

14. The statements "less is more" and "I am nobody" are examples of .....

Correct Answer: C) Paradox.

15. Keep your eyes peeled for my missing book.

Correct Answer: B) Idiom.

16. Putting two different things close together to show the differences more clearly.

Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition.

17. The pedestrian received an angry honk from an impatient driver.

Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia.

18. Character types are

Correct Answer: D) Dynamic, static, round, flat.

19. The example of a cat chasing a dog around the yard is .....

Correct Answer: B) Situational irony.

20. Which of these is a phrase that shows foreshadowing?

Correct Answer: C) "I have a bad feeling about this".