This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 304 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 304 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Conflict. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 2. Which of the following is NOT an example of irony? A) A fire station burns down. B) A marriage counselor files for divorce. C) The police station gets robbed. D) Hawkins somehow passes all of his classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hawkins somehow passes all of his classes. 3. Beneath my steps, my breath, Before me, then gone. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us" What device does this represent? A) Personification. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 5. What point of view is this excerpt in: "I knew I should have woken up earlier. Now I would have to rush and would still be a few minutes late to school." A) Second person. B) Third person. C) Limited narrator. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First person. 6. The line "sweetest source of purest pleasure" uses what literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. A complete narrative that involves characters and events that stand for an abstract idea or event A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Symbolism. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 8. Which of the following is an example of alliteration? a) The cat chased the mouse. b) The dog barked loudly. c) The big brown bear bellowed in the forest. A) The dog barked loudly. B) The big brown bear bellowed in the forest. C) The cat chased the mouse. D) The sun shines brightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The big brown bear bellowed in the forest. 9. Which literary device is used when a character remembers a memory that occurred before the story began? A) Hyperbole. B) Flashback. C) Epithet. D) Anti-hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 10. "Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe's boots broke the forest's silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket." The following excerpt is an example of which of the following? A) Tone. B) Allusion. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 11. Recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse A) Repetition. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 12. This is how a story starts and includes an introduction of the characters, and setting A) Exposition. B) Conflict. C) Antagonist. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 13. Novel, character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences A) Symbolism. B) Allegory. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 14. Jumping to conclusions before knowing all of the facts. A) Parallelism. B) Bias. C) Hasty generalization. D) Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasty generalization. 15. "Attendance is mandatory unless you are on death's door." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 16. Which type of irony happens when a reader knows something a character does not? A) Situational. B) Verbal. C) Dramatic. D) Cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 17. There was only one sentence. He read it and stopped breathing. "Keep away, Cracker, or he'll hurt you."The sentence was already pounding in his head, echoing ..... or he'll hurt you ..... hurt you ..... hurt you ..... What is the author trying to tell you, by using sensory language, about Cracker Jackson? A) Cracker has a headache. B) Cracker is feeling bad about the sentence in the letter. C) Cracker is in a cave. D) Cracker is in the room with another person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cracker is feeling bad about the sentence in the letter. 18. "Blessed are the poor in spirit:for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are the meek:for they shall inherit the Earth. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." A close repeating of phrases that focuses on key topics like this is called A) Parallelism. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 19. "Earth rais'd up her head" A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. When an author repeats the beginning sound of words together in the same sentence, this is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. ← 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