This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 333 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 333 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which elements are described in the exposition? A) Characters, plot and resolution. B) Characters, mood and setting. C) Characters, tone and rising action. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characters, mood and setting. 2. Repetition in literature is used for: A) Emphasizing key ideas or concepts. B) Creating a humorous or sarcastic effect. C) Developing the plot and resolving conflicts. D) Portraying the physical appearance of a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasizing key ideas or concepts. 3. A statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 4. I love the fact that my neighbor's dog barks at me whenever I go outside. It makes me feel noticed. A) Euphemism. B) Pun. C) Personification. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sarcasm. 5. "Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open" is what type of figurative language? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 6. A figure of speech involving great exaggeration A) Flashback. B) Syntax. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. A literary work in which all or most of the characters, settings, and events stand for ideas, qualities, or figures above themselves. The overall purpose of an allegory is to teach a moral lesson. A) Moral. B) Allegory. C) Exposition. D) Author's Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 8. What does the word "Manipulation" mean? A) To do homework really fast. B) To change an image, text, numbers or words in a skillful way. C) Making something original. D) Starting a new club. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To change an image, text, numbers or words in a skillful way. 9. Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Happy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 10. The use of an object or action that has a deeper meaning than its literal meaning. A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 11. The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people. A) Character vs. Society. B) . Character vs. Self. C) Character vs. Person. D) Character vs. Circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs. Society. 12. An unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation; used to create suspense A) Mystery. B) Paradox. C) Plot manipulation. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mystery. 13. The outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. A) 3rd person. B) 1st person. C) Limited/3rd person. D) Omniscient/3rd person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limited/3rd person. 14. I slept like the dead. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. What type of irony occurs when an audience or reader knows something before characters in a literary work or show know? A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irnoy. C) Situational Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irnoy. 16. "He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents, not knowing which thing to look at first." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. An expression that should not be interpreted literally; its meaning is figurative and means something quite different from the literal meaning of the phrase A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 18. How the author reveals a character's personality traits and/or physical appearance ..... there are two types direct and indirect A) Characterization. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 19. Hints, clues or a warning that something will happen later in the story A) Flashback. B) Setting. C) Foreshadow. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadow. 20. Which literary device is shown here? 13 otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:14 otio exsultas nimiumque gestis:15 otium et reges prius et beatas ..... A) Irony. B) Anaphora. C) Polyptoton. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polyptoton. ← 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