This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 311 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 311 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "She sells sea shells by the sea shore" A) Personification. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 2. What type of rhyme is represented here:I went to town to buy a gown;I took the car; it wasn't far. A) Internal Rhyme. B) End Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Rhyme. 3. What is the moral of The Tortoise and the Hare? A) Slow and steady wins the race. B) Don't underestimate your opponent. C) Save for a rainy day. D) Life is unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slow and steady wins the race. 4. Huck's ..... of Jim's freedom was that it was immoral. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Perspective. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perspective. 5. Building suspense; conflict develops is known as which plot element? A) Climax. B) Falling Action. C) Rising Action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising Action. 6. When a character in a story is struggling to decide between two decisions, this is an example of ..... A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. C) Epiphany. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal conflict. 7. Who is the antagonist in star wars A) Darth Vader. B) Whales. C) Luke skywalker. D) Robo-Ninjas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Darth Vader. 8. It's a thousand degrees in the kitchen today. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. Foreshadowing is a literary device where the author gives hints of what might happen later in the story ..... A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence:'The moon smiled down on the lake.' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 11. The methods a writer uses to reveal the physical appearance and personality of a character A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 12. What is this literary device:using words that can be real sounds (examples:quack, oink, boom, zoom) A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Hyperbolic. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. The representation of the traits, motives, and psychology of a character in a narrative A) Irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 14. What does the imperative verb mood express? A) A command. B) A wish. C) A hypothetical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A command. 15. "The starry sky STARED at me" What literary device can you spot here? A) Theme. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. Language that authors use to appeal to the five senses. A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Mood. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. Author's attitude towards the subject A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Attitude. D) Feeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. Lit. form dealing with factual events and people A) Nonfiction. B) Short story. C) Poetry. D) Play/drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonfiction. 19. This is a type of fiction with humorously exaggerated story about impossible events or heroes with extraordinary abilities. A) Parody. B) Legend. C) Tall Tale. D) Gothic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall Tale. 20. "I do not unduly ask for the kingdom of my heart" illustrates the poetic figure: A) Metonymy. B) Zeugma. C) Oxymoron. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Litotes. ← 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