This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Poor people's present condition A) Setting. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 2. Which of the following is the best antonym for the word "sprawling" ? A) Neat. B) Tidy. C) Small. D) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compact. 3. Neil was hiking through the forest one day when, out of nowhere, a rabid wolf appeared. It lunged at him, teeth bared. Neil used his hiking stick to repel the wolf, who then ran away. Of what conflict is this an example? A) Man vs. self. B) Man vs. man. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. nature. 4. In the movie Batman Begins, the beginning of the movie shows Bruce Wayne's parents dying and him becoming Batman. This is an example of ..... A) Climax. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 5. How is the conflict with Grendel resolved? A) Beowulf arrives to help the Danes. B) Beowulf kills Grendel. C) Beowulf vows to help the Danes. D) Beowulf kills Grendel's Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf kills Grendel. 6. Rhyming iambic pentameters often forming a distinct rhetorical as well as metrical unit. A) Heroic Couplet. B) Rap. C) Ballad. D) Face melting, ear shattering, head banging, guitar shredding solo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heroic Couplet. 7. Act naturally A) Oxymoron. B) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 8. What am I? I am a style of writing, determined by the choice of words by a writer. My correct usage is important in effectively getting the message across to the reader. I can also be known as 'lexical choice'. I am A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Phrasing. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 9. If there is a huge storm in a book, what might be about to happen in the book? A) The main character gets a new job. B) A main character's birthday. C) A huge fight. D) A joyous wedding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A huge fight. 10. A comparison between two things, not using the words "like" or "as." A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Analogy. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 11. 3rd Person (Limited) A) Told by a character in the story and uses "I". B) Only gets into the mind of 1 character (or no characters' thoughts at all). C) All knowing (thoughts of 2 or more characters). D) Through whose eyes and mind the story is told. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only gets into the mind of 1 character (or no characters' thoughts at all). 12. Last year, on the last day of school, my mom picked me up and took me to get ice cream. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 13. How do the marionettes relate to the characters' relationships in the story? A) They control and manipulate the characters. B) They symbolize the characters' mundane lives. C) They represent the characters' freedom and control. D) They foreshadow the twist ending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They control and manipulate the characters. 14. Multi-connected vs Unconnected A) Using a set of related item words in text. B) Using more conjuctions than needed vs Purposefully leaving out conjunctions. C) Humorous play on words to suggest two or more possible meanings. D) Playing with words so the implied meaning is different from the actual or expected meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using more conjuctions than needed vs Purposefully leaving out conjunctions. 15. The lines "Out with a zoom, / A whoop, a bark;" show an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 16. "Strips of tinfoil winking like people" A) Allusion, consonance, personification. B) Metaphor, irony, alliteration. C) Assonance, Anaphora, Aphorism. D) Simile, assonance, personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile, assonance, personification. 17. A person, place, thing, or event that stands for both itself and for something beyond itself A) Simile. B) Symbol. C) Alliteration. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 18. "Gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars" contains: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. When the author refers to something outside of the story that you should know about A) Foil. B) Tragic irony. C) Aside. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 20. Stating something is something else A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. 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