This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 337 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 337 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The antagonist of a story is ..... A) The chief opponent of the main character the "bad guy.". B) When the actual (plot) outcome is the opposite of what was expected to happen. C) The main character in a story the "good guy.". D) The time and place in which a story takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The chief opponent of the main character the "bad guy.". 2. Paying bills is like pulling teeth is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. A comparison of two seemingly unlikethings WITHOUT using words "like" or "as" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 4. The general emotion behind what is said by the author/speaker in a piece of literature. A) Ethos. B) Diction. C) Voice. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 5. What are the repeated 'S' sounds most often caused by? A) Alliteration. B) Plosive. C) Sibilance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sibilance. 6. "My son, Dean, dances daily to Bob Dylan songs" is an example of a(n) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. The Point of View from ..... A) The theme in relation to the story being told. B) The protagonist's position in relation to the story being told. C) The antagonist's position in relation to the story being told. D) The narrator's position in relation to the story being told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The narrator's position in relation to the story being told. 8. What does it really mean: "There are butterflies in my stomach!' A) I'm sad. B) I'm loving. C) I'm happy. D) I'm nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I'm nervous. 9. What is the sequence of events in a story? A) Character. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) StoryvStructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 10. An object that represents a bigger idea A) Hyperbole. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 11. A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of individuals A) Dialect. B) Author's Style. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 12. What is a literary device that represents the comparison of two unlike things often introduced using like or as? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. A description provided in the text of a play A) Stage directions. B) Dynamic. C) Mood. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage directions. 14. The perspective from which the story is told describes which literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 15. Define:acronym A) Word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps (ex. NASA, NBC). B) A shortened form of a word or group of words, with the missing letters usually marked by an apostrophe (ex. she's, they'll, wouldn't, I'd). C) A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word (ex. enormous vs. microscopic). D) A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language(ex. slim & thin, elated & happy, smile & grin). E) A word which links words, phrases or clauses(ex. and, but, or, nor, for, while, if, although, because, since, then). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps (ex. NASA, NBC). 16. Refers to the time and place in which the events occur in the novel A) Dramatic Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 17. The repetition of the same vowel sound within a phrase A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 18. A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings, in addition to their literal meanings. This term is A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Satire. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 19. SmackCrunchBoomMeow are all examples of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 20. A figure of speech in which the author grants lifelike qualities to nonhuman objects A) Rule of Three. B) Personification. C) Hook. D) Setting. 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