This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 323 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sequence of events in a literary work is known as which literary device? A) Exposition. B) 1st person POV. C) Plot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 2. BOOM! BANG! POW!! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 3. Buzzzzz ..... Creak! Crack ! Squeak! OWWWWWW! are examples of ..... A) Metaphore. B) Funny sounds. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 4. The author hinting at where the story is going. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Foreshadowing. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 5. The attitude or feeling that comes across in a piece of literature, revealed by the characters, word choice, and the general writing style A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Character. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 6. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" (2) A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. Sarah's baseball team was the best in the school; they were like royalty. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. An educated guess based on information and evidence in a text and the reader's prior knowledge is called A) Inference. B) Introduction. C) Allusion. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 9. What is the meaning of the proverb, "The early bird catches the worm" . A) If you start early, you'll get things done. B) Birds should wake up early to eat. C) It's important to get up early every day. D) Birds like to eat worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you start early, you'll get things done. 10. Bob is a ray of sunshine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. "The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door. The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended ..... Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sight. A) "squeaky mouse scurried noisily". B) "At the foot of the stairs, the match went out, ". C) "clicking of the clock". D) "striking one". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "At the foot of the stairs, the match went out, ". 12. Whirrrrrrrclick-click-clickwhirrrrrr A) Onomatopoeia. B) Dialect. C) Dialogue. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 13. Locate the colloquial word used in this sentence."It's gonna take some time." A) Take. B) Gonna. C) Some. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gonna. 14. How can characterization techniques be used in writing? A) Characterization techniques can be used in writing to describe the setting and atmosphere. B) Characterization techniques can be used in writing to develop and portray the personalities, traits, and motivations of the characters. C) Characterization techniques can be used in writing to improve grammar and punctuation. D) Characterization techniques can be used in writing to create a compelling plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization techniques can be used in writing to develop and portray the personalities, traits, and motivations of the characters. 15. "Trump gloated over mass layoffs." is an example of ..... A) Sensationalism. B) To man. C) Omission of source attribution. D) Spin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spin. 16. If two characters in literature are physically fighting, which kind of conflict would it be? A) Person vs. Person. B) Person vs. Himself. C) Person vs. Nature. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs. Person. 17. To analyze literature means to ..... A) Explain the sequence of events in a story. B) Skim through the story. C) Examine and break down the story for a deeper understanding. D) Annotate the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Examine and break down the story for a deeper understanding. 18. Which is an example of genre? A) None of these. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science fiction. 19. When a speaker directly addresses an absent person (someone who has died) or an inanimate object that is personified (e.g. the moon). A) Apostropher. B) Flashback. C) Euphemism. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostropher. 20. A literary device by which a particular quality of a person, object, emotion, or situation is downplayed or presented as being less than what is true to the situation. A) Juxtaposition. B) Anecdote. C) Foreshadowing. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. ← 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