This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 350 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 350 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The reader is told exactly what the character is like. A) Indirect characterization. B) Flat characterization. C) Direct characterization. D) Round characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct characterization. 2. What is deduction? A) The process of moving from a specific example to a general rule. B) The process of moving from a general rule to a specific example. C) The process of moving from one example to another. D) The process of moving from a general rule to another general rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of moving from a specific example to a general rule. 3. "Give much, give often, give freely." Which literary device is used here? A) Antimetabole. B) Personification. C) Anaphora. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 4. The use of an object or word to represent an abstract idea A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 5. "Chester shook the silver bell furiously like a fire alarm." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. "Inciting incident" refers to ..... A) The moment in a story right before the climax. B) The moment in a story right after the climax. C) The event in a story that kicks off the main conflict. D) The event in a story that concludes the main conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The event in a story that kicks off the main conflict. 7. The rebels raised a white flag to negotiate. A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Pun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 8. The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject or a character A) Mood. B) Allusion. C) Suspense. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 9. He thumped slowly down the hallway like a rhinoceros approaching a watering hole. A) Foreshadowing. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. Which of the following is not an example of a literary device? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Adjectives. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjectives. 11. A group of words in a poem-sentence. A) Stanza. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Lines. D) Paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lines. 12. Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" has a direct meaning that makes it seem like Robert Frost was just out for a walk. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 13. An over-exaggeration. For example:I was standing in line forever. A) Personification. B) Cliche. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. I can still feel the icy chill of panic that hit me when I realized I was trapped. A) Personification. B) Rhetorical question. C) Metaphorical language. D) Emotive language. E) Visual imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphorical language. 15. In the meantime the sky begins with a great murmur of confusion, followed by a cloud mixed with hail, and the Counts of Tyria here and there, and the Trojan youth, and the grandson of Venus, fleeing in fear through the various fields; rivers rush down from the mountains. What literary device is found in line 160? A) Alliteration. B) Chiasmus. C) Unrelated. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 16. Usually the most intense point in a story ..... Aseries of struggles build a story orplay toward this A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 17. Which word indicates a tone of happiness to the following sentence:Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiance and their wedding plans. A) Vicinity. B) Wedding. C) Joyous. D) Plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyous. 18. Type of poem typically set to music. Consists of stanzas that contain quatrains. A) Ballad. B) Haiku. C) Cinquain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 19. He is like a mouse in front of the teacher. What is this an example of? A) Allusion. B) Flashback. C) Metapho. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 20. The life lesson or moral emphasized and shown through the text. What is the author stating about a certain topic? A) Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. ← 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