This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 313 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 313 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using language that normally means the opposite. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 2. Anaphora is a literary device that involves: A) The contrast between two opposing ideas or concepts. B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. C) The substitution of a mild or indirect expression for a harsher or more blunt one. D) The use of words that sound similar but have different meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. 3. Theme is a plot summary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. The dictionary definition or literal definition of a word. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Diction. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 5. The Eagle" by Alfred Lord TennysonHe clasps the crag with crooked hands;Close to the sun in lonely landsRing'd with the azure world he standsThe wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Choose the literary device that is NOT used in this poem. A) Sight details. B) Hearing details. C) Touch details. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearing details. 6. The repetition of words at the ending of a clause. A) Idiom. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epistrophe. 7. Interruptions that writers do to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Flashback. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 8. Attitude of the author toward the subject, character(s), and/or the reader; conveyed through word choice A) Mood. B) Setting. C) Symbolism. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 9. He is a giraffe. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Who is the most awesome? A) 8A. B) 8B. C) 8A and 8B are equally awesome. D) Mrs Kearon-Wiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mrs Kearon-Wiles. 11. On the hottest day of the year, you notice several people wearing boots and carrying skis. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 12. Fill in the blank with the missing words:A flashback is a vivid ..... of a past event that comes suddenly into a ..... mind. A) Picture; reader's. B) Thought; writer's. C) Memory; character's. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memory; character's. 13. A brief (and sometimes indirect) reference in a text to a person, place, or thing. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Assonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 14. "It's time to take out the trash" is an example of a(n) A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Ethos. C) Genre. D) Analogy. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 15. A tool a writer uses to enrich the text. A) Literary element. B) Literary device. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary device. 16. Referencing Hercules in the story could be considered a/an ..... A) Flashback. B) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. Choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Diction. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 18. What is the literary device used to create a vivid picture in the reader's mind? A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. Dread or hatred of books A) Bibliophobia. B) Biblioklept. C) Bibliography. D) Bibliophile. E) Bibliomania. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bibliophobia. 20. The chocolate cake was calling my name. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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