This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 326 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 326 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. EXAMPLE:A road can represent a journey or choice. When a character faces a decision, they might be shown at a crossroads to represent an important choice they need to make. A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 2. A group of lines forming a unit in a poem is called A) Stanza. B) Paragraph. C) Metaphor. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 3. When a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects A) ALLITERATION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PERSONIFICATION. 4. When the author gives clues about what will happen later in the story A) Flashback. B) In media res. C) Foreshadowing. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 5. A band of bees barged brazenly into our back yard. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 6. Imagine you're in a thrilling word game with Jackson, Kai, and Maya. You're given a task to identify the term for the careful selection of words to convey a specific meaning or create a certain effect. What would you call it? A) Topic. B) Voice. C) Word Choice. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word Choice. 7. An example of FORESHADOWING is: A) "The Gift of the Magi" is told in the 3rd person. B) "Should I still go through with asking a ransom?". C) "He was old enough to die here.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "He was old enough to die here.". 8. The main problem of a narrative; it is always states as ..... vs ..... A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 9. My sister gives me a flat balloon (line 5)To use at Ben's party at noon.In the party, we hire a clown called Sam.Everyone will be as happy as a clam.Which line in the above poem is an example of simile? A) Line 5. B) Line 6. C) Line 7. D) Line 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line 8. 10. "Wailed like a child" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 11. Which list shows the correct order for most stories? A) Exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution. B) Exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution. C) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. D) Rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 12. The contrast between what happens and what is expected A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 13. When the author shows a character's traits through how they act, speak, etc. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Conflict. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 14. Which literary device is used in this example?My sister and I had a friendly fight. A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 15. He is older than the hills. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. " ..... the moon is like a piece of Swiss cheese glowing in the night sky" is an example of ..... A) A metaphor. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) A simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A simile. 17. What is the relationship between the mood of a piece of writing and the reader of that piece? A) Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing. B) Mood is the knowledge the reader gains from a piece of writing. C) Mood is the relationship the reader develops with the author of a piece of writing. D) Mood is the amount of sympathy the reader feels for the characters within a piece of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing. 18. Definition of Onomatopoeia A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. B) Sound effect noises. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. 19. ..... sentences end with an exclamation mark. A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 20. Which of the following best defines paradox? A) The use of deliberate exaggeration for effect. B) The use of parallel structure for a series of similar grammatical elements. C) An imitation of a literary or musical work. D) An apparent contradiction that actually expresses a truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An apparent contradiction that actually expresses a truth. ← 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