This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 421 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 421 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Written for performance, consists entirely of dialogue A) Play/drama. B) Short story. C) Poetry. D) Video. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play/drama. 2. Which of the following defines connotation? A) Emotional meaning/extra associations. B) Dictionary definition. C) Educational context of a speaker. D) Grammatical correctness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emotional meaning/extra associations. 3. Using the five senses to create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader A) Imagery. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 4. All of the following are examples of hyperbole except ..... A) I could eat a cow!. B) I really want to leave!. C) You're slower than pond water!. D) You're going to make my head explode!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I really want to leave!. 5. The omission of a word easily understood from context-often a form of "esse" A) Elision. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elision. 6. What is the allusion commonly used for Cinderella? A) Hard work. B) Hard work and bad treatment. C) Being ignored. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hard work and bad treatment. 7. The way the narrator is telling the story (I, me, my, you, your, him, her, etc.) A) Point of view. B) Personification. C) Plot structure. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 8. A brief poetry that is often satirical A) Epigram. B) Comedy. C) Ode. D) Quatrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigram. 9. Jonathan was so angry that he blew his top like a volcano.This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) A Simile. C) A Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Simile. 10. What writing device is used when the author uses slang, or informal language? A) Alliteration. B) Colloquialism. C) Dialogue. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colloquialism. 11. The occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning of words. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Diction. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. It suggests actions, movements and meanings A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 13. TRUE OR FALSE:Setting includes sounds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words "like" or "as" and they are commonly used in everyday communication. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. A statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense A) Personification. B) Situational irony. C) Juxtaposition. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 16. Mr. Timpelton walked through the airport in his crisp army uniform and duffel bag. After being deployed for a year in Iraq, he was anxious to see is family. He wiped his hands nervously on his pants, breathed a deep sigh, and begin to head to the airport welcoming area. Mr. Timpelton's character traits are revealed through his ..... A) Actions. B) Thoughts. C) Statements. D) Interactions with other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actions. 17. In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed A) Chiasmus. B) Conceit. C) Rhyme. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chiasmus. 18. Sentence that expresses a direct command. A) Exclamatory. B) Declarative. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 19. Represents the demon within, conscience, division among the boys, and evil A) The conch. B) The beast. C) Piggy's glasses. D) The fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beast. 20. "The staff meeting was an explosive showdown." is an example of ..... A) Flawed logic. B) Omission of source attribution. C) Bias by placement. D) Sensationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensationalism. ← 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