This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 415 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 415 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Connotation and denotation are two ways to describe the meanings of ..... A) Planets. B) Birds. C) Words. D) Sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words. 2. Read the following passage and identify the author's purpose:One night, as I watched my newborn son sleep, studying his beautiful face, I suddenly became filled with fear. I was convinced I would screw him up-that all my problems would wash over him, tarnishing his perfect soul. Strangely, while panicking about my son's impending doom, Dad popped to mind. I sat there in the dark, surrounded by the soothing sounds and smells of my baby's room, and I thought of how Dad must have felt when I was born. I knew at that moment that he never intended to hurt me. I realized that he loved me just as I loved my son. I knew that he had done the best he could, even if it wasn't always very good. A) Sharing a personal memory. B) Informing about fatherhood. C) Persuading young men to become good fathers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sharing a personal memory. 3. Example: "I was struggling to figure out how lightning works. Then it struck me." A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 4. What should the introduction of a literary essay include? A) A lead-in sentence and a thesis statement with three points. B) A hook, the author and title, and three points. C) A hook, a lead-in sentence, the author and title, and a short summary of the story. D) A hook, the author and title with a short summary of the story, and a thesis statement with three points. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hook, the author and title with a short summary of the story, and a thesis statement with three points. 5. A vignette has a theme or central idea of its own and describes a specific event or character that is important? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. How a writer presents a character A) Personification. B) Characterization. C) Conflict. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 7. Visually descriptive language; things you could picture with the senses A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 8. A work written in "verse" is..... A) Written in poetic form. B) Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. C) A long poem. D) A short story or novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Written in poetic form. 9. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"I ate like a million pancakes this morning!" A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 10. Explain free verse in poetry. A) Poetry not in a fixed form. B) Use of images that appeal to the 5 senses. C) Rhyme that comes within one or several lines. D) Implied comparison substituting figurative word for original term. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poetry not in a fixed form. 11. What is apostrophe in poetry? A) Addressing someone absent or nonhuman as if alive. B) Poetry not in a fixed form. C) Use of images that appeal to the 5 senses. D) Rhyme that comes within one or several lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Addressing someone absent or nonhuman as if alive. 12. "He ran like a cat" what is the literary technique used here? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." A) Example of metaphor. B) Example of hyperbole. C) Imagery using taste. D) Imagery using sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Example of hyperbole. 14. In a well-known folktale, Chicken Little is accidentally hit by something and jumps to the conclusion that the sky is falling and that she must spread the news of imminent disaster. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? The weather forecast called for clear skies, making my grandfather look like Chicken Little. A) A person who spreads alarming news of imminent disaster. B) A person who greets trouble with a cheery disposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who spreads alarming news of imminent disaster. 15. Jack was having a great day in the sunny weather, but he had no idea of the disastrous chain of events that would follow. What literary device is used in this sentence? A) Plot. B) Foreshadow. C) Conflict. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadow. 16. "I'm actually in-between jobs at the moment. I'm sure I'll find one soon." A) Bored. B) Tired. C) Unemployed. D) On the run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unemployed. 17. Joe is taking his SAT; however, his pencil lead keeps breaking. Of what type of conflict is this an example? A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. self. C) Man vs. technology. D) Man vs. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. technology. 18. What was the overall tone of "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl? A) Suspicious. B) Heartwarming. C) Scary. D) Unsettling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unsettling. 19. All are advantages of 3rd person Point-of-View EXCEPT ..... A) Reader gets to hear everyone's opinions or thoughts. B) A Narrator can move around in time and space. C) Character narrates story. D) Reader understands all characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Character narrates story. 20. The moon smiled at the stars in the sky A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Rhyme. D) None of above. 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