This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 296 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 296 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are genres? A) Different types of stories. B) Your favorite type of book. C) Stories with science and technology. D) Written verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Different types of stories. 2. What figurative language is present in the statement below?"He woke up to the smell of burnt toast and greasy bacon, when all he wanted was coffee." A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 3. What's not an example of foreshadowing? A) In the middle of the night, the father hears the back door opening. He rushes to check on his kids, but a masked intruder is blocking the way with a knife. B) A board with a bunch of names next to a deserted doll store. C) Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge. D) A dog hanging his head and not making eye contact with you when you come home after a long day at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge. 4. 'Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.' Identify the literary device in the line. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. Crash! Bang! Pow! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. To combine two words of contrasting meanings to convey a single idea. A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 8. Which literary device is used in this example? A broken mirror often means bad luck or separation. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 9. Use of vivid (highly descriptive langurage) to represent objects, actions, or ideas. A) Personification. B) Methaphor. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 10. Lana wants to go hiking with her friends, but she is terrified of snakes. A) Person vs. Self. B) Person vs. Nature. C) Person vs. Society. D) Person vs. Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs. Self. 11. Is part of the plot introduces background information, setting, main characters, and the central conflict. A) Inciting Incident. B) Climax. C) Rising Action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exposition. 12. What literary device involves a statement that contradicts itself? A) Dramatic monologue. B) Epic theme. C) Catalogue. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 13. Which of the following is the definition for allusion? A) The repetition of the same consonant sound in several words (usually at the beginning of the word) in a line of poetry. B) An explicit (direct) comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as.". C) A reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text, such as mythology or a biblical reference. D) A figure of speech that demonstrates a difference in appearance and reality, or expectations and results, or meaning and intention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text, such as mythology or a biblical reference. 14. Involves a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant A) Tone. B) Diction. C) Verbal Irony. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal Irony. 15. This is when and where the story takes place. A) Setting. B) Point of view. C) Character. D) James Reid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 16. In the story of The Necklace, Madame Loisel is materialistic, yet her husband is very content with their life and their economic situation. These two characters highlight each other and their differences. This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Foil characters. C) External conflicts. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foil characters. 17. She sobbed for hours trying to think of a way out of having to tell her father she wrecked her new car. After stewing over it for quite some time, she called her father on his cell phone. "Thank you, " he said. A) Sometimes crying is good for you. B) It's important to be honest. C) Driving a car is a big responsibility. D) Expereincing loss/grief is difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's important to be honest. 18. What is NOT an example of alliteration? A) Tiny Timmy teleported through time. B) Freddy Fox found food for five foxes. C) A boat wrote a quote and floated over a moat. D) Mike's microphone made much music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A boat wrote a quote and floated over a moat. 19. Imagery is defined as: A) When and where the story takes place. B) A detailed description that appeals to the senses and puts a picture in the reader's mind. C) An object that represents something else. D) When the reader is led to believe one thing will happen, but the opposite occurs instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A detailed description that appeals to the senses and puts a picture in the reader's mind. 20. The emotional atmosphere of the narrative. What the writer wants the reader to feel emotionally A) Mood. B) Foreshadowing. C) Metaphore. D) Simile. 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