This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 425 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 425 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the alarm clock sounded, Amy leaned over to turn it off and got up to start her day. She had no idea it would be one of the most memorable days of her life. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Suspense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 2. Cindy works at the local diner. She takes peoples' orders. She is friendly to everyone who enters the restaurant. She cleans up the dirty tables. A) Cindy is a flat character. B) Cindy is a round character. C) Cindy is a static character. D) Cindy is a dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cindy is a flat character. 3. The study of the effect of the language, especially in persuasion and the way writers use language and its effect on readers/audience. A) Rhetoric. B) Style. C) Diction. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetoric. 4. When a character is set against someone or something beyond their control A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. C) Internal Conflict. D) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External Conflict. 5. What is it when a more mild or indirect word or expression is used in place of another word or phrase that is considered harsh, blunt, vulgar, or unpleasant? A) Oxymoron. B) Imagery. C) Euphemism. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 6. The sequence of events in a short story, usually divided into five parts. A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Exposition. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 7. Which of the following is an example of a literary analysis claim? A) "The main character in the story is brave.". B) "The author uses vivid imagery to create a sense of mystery.". C) "The story takes place in a small town.". D) "The book was published in 2010.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The author uses vivid imagery to create a sense of mystery.". 8. Audience knows more about a situation or event than the characters do A) Situational Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Verbal Ironly. D) Transitional Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 9. Technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another A) Theme. B) Diction. C) Dialogue. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 10. Study of mankind A) Anthropoid. B) Philantrhopy. C) Anthropology. D) Anthroponomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthropology. 11. A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous A) Scene. B) Surprise. C) Mystery. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scene. 12. Definition:the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. Is the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot. A) Foreshadowing. B) Satire. C) Diction. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 14. When the audience knows something that the characters don't is called ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 15. "Sarah saw six seahorses while swimming" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. Billy feels strangely drawn to the Bell and Dragon and was compelled to enter. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Your explanation is as clear as mud. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. Godfather Death is a folktale/fable from which country? A) India. B) South Korea. C) France. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany. 19. An inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one is the definition of what term? A) Inversion. B) Hyperbole. C) Foreshadowing. D) Euphemism. E) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 20. This sentence contains an example of:He ran around an heap of metal being swallowed by a greedy bramble of blackberry bushes. A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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