This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 405 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 405 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the author hints or implies what a character is like, usually through the way the character speaks or acts ..... doesn't use exact words to describe the character A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 2. " ..... you've forgotten you're facing the single finest fighting force ever assembled." A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. A comparison between two unlike things using like, as, than A) Pov. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. A hint given to the reader of what is to come. A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 5. What is the connotation of the word 'fire'? A) Peace, tranquility, and calm. B) Destruction, danger, and fear. C) Comfort, warmth, and safety. D) Love, passion, and desire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Destruction, danger, and fear. 6. Economically disadvantaged is a euphemism for ..... A) Lost. B) Without a job. C) Poor. D) Rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poor. 7. Turkey A) Pilgrim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrim. 8. In the movie, Jaws, when a young man is laying on a float in the ocean, and the camera angle is shown underwater getting closer to his legs with intense music playing in the background, this would be an example of what? A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 9. When the narrator uses pronouns such as "I, " and "me" A) First person. B) Second person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 10. A phrase when taken literally means something different than it does figuratively. A) Irony. B) Idioms. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idioms. 11. Literary example #2:what device best fits this excerpt?"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas ..... "-The Highway man by Alfred Noyes A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. Story structures where the writer incorporates two or more separate stories, linked by a common character, event, or theme A) Setting. B) Subplot. C) Parallel plot. D) Line plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel plot. 13. Describing something non-human with human qualities A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. When a character has a conflict with something in the world ex; sickness A) Man vs man. B) Man vs nature. C) Man vs self. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs nature. 15. "For Alabama limits the children's work at night to eight hours, while New Jersey permits it all night long." A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Contrast. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 16. My children are my sunshine, and they can brighten any gloomy day. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. What is the effect of using alliteration in writing? A) To create a monotonous and boring quality to the text. B) To add complexity and depth to the text. C) To create a rhythmic and memorable quality to the text. D) To make the text more difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create a rhythmic and memorable quality to the text. 18. "Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walkwithout having feet" (3-4) A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 19. "We'll not carry coals" is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 20. Gary shuffled in, spilled the contents of his briefcase everywhere and caused his co-worker to trip as a result. He brought a storm of messiness and incompetence everywhere he went. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Tone. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. ← 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