This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 36 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If Speak ended with poetic justice, how would it end? A) Andy would be punished and Melinda would be able to heal. B) Melinda would get punished and no one would know what Andy did. C) Andy and Melinda would become close friends. D) Melinda would start dating David, but Andy would never get punished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andy would be punished and Melinda would be able to heal. 2. Repetition of an initial consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Tone. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. Which is the most effective topic sentence? A) First of all, the writer uses satire to display his disbelief at the low quality food. B) First of all, Rayner shows his disbelief when he writes, "Other things are the stuff of therapy.". C) Disbelief is when you don't believe something because it is so shocking. D) First of all, disbelief is the first thing that happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First of all, the writer uses satire to display his disbelief at the low quality food. 4. Star, heavens A) Astro. B) Geo. C) Graph. D) Meter. E) Bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astro. 5. "I absolutely adore the sight of children playing!" A) Tone-delightful. B) Tone-irritated. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone-delightful. 6. Which one of the following is a noun? A) Jump. B) Cat. C) Run. D) Hop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cat. 7. That fat cat weighs a thousand pounds! This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. What does cross-dressing allow Portia to do? A) Provide comic relief. B) Attracts Bassanio. C) Trick her friends. D) Assume power and position. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assume power and position. 9. Which literary device is shown here?13 ad Styga Taenaria est ausus descendere porta A) Simile. B) Polyptoton. C) Tmesis. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metonymy. 10. A word's dictionary definition is called ..... A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Direct characterization. D) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 11. Define:ASSONANCE? A) A joke that is a play on words. B) A comparison using the words "Like or "as" . C) The repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence. D) The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of vowel sounds in a sentence. 12. What is the time and place of a story, movie, or novel? A) Setting. B) Point of view. C) Imagery. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 13. What is the tone of a poem or literary work? A) Attitude or mood. B) Characters or themes. C) Setting or location. D) Plot or storyline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attitude or mood. 14. The intentional repeating of a sound, word, phrase, line, or idea in order to create a sense of importance. A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 15. A type of figurative language that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. You are reading a story that makes you feel scared and that's what the author wanted, what is this an example of? A) Mood/Tone. B) Theme. C) Flashback. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood/Tone. 17. What literary device is used in this line: "Go slow over the road." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 18. Words such as "crack", "hum", and "buzz" are examples ..... A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 19. Something said in a way for ironic contrast A) Understatement. B) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 20. The feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates through word choice A) Symbolism. B) Plot. C) Mood. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. ← 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