This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 361 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 361 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of using understatement in a political cartoon, according to Trisha, Savar and Shaurya? A) To downplay the importance of an issue. B) To make a point about a political issue. C) To create a sense of humor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an apparent self-contradiction. Can be used to illustrate a a paradox. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Anacoluthon. C) Healing. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 3. Which part of a story's plot shows the final outcome? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Resolution. 4. What is main character of a story called? A) Supporting character. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 5. The feelings the author creates using words A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Imagery. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 6. In a story, 2 characters are having a verbal argument= A) Person vs. religion. B) Person vs. society. C) Internal conflict. D) Person vs. person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person vs. person. 7. This figure of speech that gives animals or objects human characteristics. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. The outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected is called ..... A) Irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 9. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve wild and untamed nature. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What is the purpose of personification in a story? A) To create suspense and build anticipation. B) To compare two unlike things using like or as. C) To convey a deeper meaning beyond the literal interpretation. D) To give human qualities to non-human things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give human qualities to non-human things. 11. "We have. in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread."The use of the bread here is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 12. What type of figurative language is shown below:Chester Cheetah chomped on chunks of chewy cheddar cheese. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. What literary device uses an object or action that means something other than its literal meaning? A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 14. What is this an example of? "When we all heard a snap Like the clap of trap" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 15. Attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena, and animals. A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Connotation. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. The story's conclusion A) Motivation. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 17. A ..... conflict occurs when a character faces resistance from a natural force (as opposed to a supernatural force). This can mean the weather, the wilderness, or a natural disaster. A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Nature. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. Nature. 18. What is an example of a character trait? A) Brave. B) Honest. C) Kind. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. What does explicit mean? A) Explicit is something said or written in a clear and direct way. B) Explicit is a repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or syllables close together. C) Explicit is the difference between reality and expectation. D) Explicit is the quality of being alike. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explicit is something said or written in a clear and direct way. 20. As proud as A) A lamb. B) A daisy. C) A peacock. D) A rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A peacock. ← 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