This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 427 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 427 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What's the meaning of this hyperbole?Shawn would move mountains for Angela. A) Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together. B) Shawn would do anything for Angela. C) Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes. D) Angela is really pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shawn would do anything for Angela. 2. A comparison of two unlike thing in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. This is a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory words are placed together. A) Pun. B) Oxymoron. C) Analogy. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 4. What is the definition of Exposition? A) A series of events in a story that build toward the climax creating suspense and interest. B) Series of events after the climax; the aftermath. C) The beginning of a story where it introduces background information, settings, events, and characters to help the reader progress through the novel. D) The most intense part of a story where the character faces their conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The beginning of a story where it introduces background information, settings, events, and characters to help the reader progress through the novel. 5. "That noise is driving me up the wall!" This is an example of: A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 6. A type of conflict that takes place inside a character's mind. Man vs ..... literary conflict usually involves the main character's inner struggle with self-doubts, a moral dilemma, or their own nature. A) Man vs. Man. B) Man vs. Society. C) Man vs. Nature. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Self. 7. A concrete or physical object that represents an abstract concept A) Direct object. B) Symbol. C) Allegory. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 8. Character type that remains the same throughout the story A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Static character. 9. What is the definition for Syntax? A) The way a sentence is constructed-short, long, fragmented, compound, complex, etc. B) A motif is an idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. C) A question that is asked without the intent of receiving an answer because the answer itself is obvious. D) The act of referring to something not by its actual name but by a figurative name or the name of something associated with it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way a sentence is constructed-short, long, fragmented, compound, complex, etc. 10. What is the malapropism in this example? "The children who witnessed the robbery were dramatized." A) Children. B) Witnessed. C) Robbery. D) Dramatized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatized. 11. A ..... is a struggle between two opposing forces. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 12. "Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe. Is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 13. The black cat circled its target, marking it for its master. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 14. The author's use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story A) Metaphor. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 15. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or clause. Ex: "We came, we saw, we conquered." A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Simile. D) Paraphrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 16. A word's feeling behind the actual meaning is called ..... A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Epiphany. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 17. ..... is where the characters, setting, conflict are introduced A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 18. Someone who tells the story either in the first, second or third person point of view. A) Narrator. B) Omniscient perspective. C) Limited perspective. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. 19. "The oil danced in a pan" is what type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. Giving an animal or a nonliving object human qualities. A) Motif. B) Foreshadowing. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 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