This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 338 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 338 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation. A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 2. Macbeth laments about a "fruitless crown" and a "barren scepter." Where are these frustrations rooted? A) He is upset that Banquo's sons will be king and not his own. B) He is not getting the respect that he deserves. C) He does not like fruit. D) He does not like being king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is upset that Banquo's sons will be king and not his own. 3. The repetition of sound at the ends of words; often found in poetry. A) Simile. B) Rhythm. C) Imagery. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 4. When you use the words "like" or "as" in comparing two seemingly unrelated things, you are using what literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. The stage of a story's plot in which the author provides important background information about the setting and characters A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 6. What does the myth Pandora's Box explain about humans living on earth? A) That beautiful people only care about themselves. B) Why there are evils in the world. C) It is not good to be curious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why there are evils in the world. 7. Finding Nemo is an example of ..... A) Parallel plot. B) Plot. C) Resolution. D) Linear plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel plot. 8. The least common point-of-view stories are told from ..... A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) 4th person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person. 9. "He is older than dirt." What does that mean? A) He is very dirty and needs to shower. B) He is really old. C) He is old and dirty. D) Dirt is really old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is really old. 10. What is the literary device used to create a sense of surprise or humor by stating the opposite of what is expected? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 11. Which literary device is this:the weather is so bad, it's raining cats and dogs A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. Where animals, inanimate objects, or non-human things are portrayed as people, by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human movements A) Allusion. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Imagery. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthropomorphism. 13. Which of these groups of words are onomatopoeic? A) Crash, bang, boom. B) Black, grey, white. C) Walked, ran, sprinted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crash, bang, boom. 14. "The students roughly seized the girl" is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Symbols/symbolism. C) Descriptive words or sentences. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive words or sentences. 15. Stores that feature characters like Cinderella exist in many cultures around the world. Cinderella is a(n) A) Allusion. B) Archetype. C) Foil. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 16. A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Mood. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 17. What is this an example of?A fire station catching on fire. A) Satire. B) Irony. C) Illusion. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 18. Play on words when words have more than one meaning A) Pun. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 19. When the author reveals the character's personality through their actions or speech A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Hyperbole. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 20. President Snow from The Hunger Games is an example of which type of character? A) Antagonist. B) Foil character. C) Static character. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. ← 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