This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 445 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 445 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The struggle between opposing forces or characters A) Opposition. B) Disagreement. C) Conflict. D) Confrontation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 2. Repetition of accented vowel sounds that are close together in a poem. (Hint:think of the words at the end of each line in the prologue). A) Iambic Pentameter. B) Rhyming Couplet. C) Sonnet. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 3. Identify the mood of the following sentence:She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her. A) Fanciful. B) Suspenseful. C) Melancholy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suspenseful. 4. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"This is the worst day in the history of the world." A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. Typically referred to as a "coming of age" story, the main character goes through immense mental, physical, social, emotional, moral, and often spiritual advancement. A) Bildungsroman. B) Short Story. C) Anecdote. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bildungsroman. 6. One who seeks to enjoy life and have fun. Brings humor to a situation. A) Magician. B) Outlaw. C) Jester. D) Ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jester. 7. ..... is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words A) Alliteration. B) Narration. C) Point of View. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. "The critical mission was horribly executed." is an example of ..... A) Leading language. B) Loaded language. C) False assumptions. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loaded language. 9. Which literary device is used in the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost in the repeated phrase "I took" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anaphora. 10. What is the purpose of using caricature and exaggeration in a political cartoon, according to Lavani, Anshuman and Shyla? A) To emphasize a point. B) To create a sense of humor. C) To make a political statement. D) To add detail to the cartoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize a point. 11. An organizational device used in literature to create expectations or to set up an explanation of later developments A) Satire. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 12. "It was raining, a slow, cold drizzle that for weeks had been descending from soggy black clouds. The graveyard was a slough of yellow, sucking mud, from which the rain-washed tombstones stood up in irregular battalions." (from Henry Kuttner's "The Graveyard Rats")What impact does the metaphor in the above quote have on our understanding of the scene? A) It helps us visualize the color of the tombstones in the cemetery. B) It helps us understand how old the cemetery is. C) It helps us visualize how the tombstones are not in a straight formation but are in crooked rows. D) It helps us understand the weather during this scene of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It helps us visualize how the tombstones are not in a straight formation but are in crooked rows. 13. What is the prefix meaning opposite? A) Sub-. B) For-. C) Anti-. D) Uni-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anti-. 14. The particular event that brings about a particular story is the ..... A) Complicating factor. B) Conflict. C) Dilemma. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complicating factor. 15. Examples of Personification A) Lightning danced across the sky. B) Lightning is very fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lightning danced across the sky. 16. Is the statement "Vincent the viral ventriloquist signed up for vaccination", an alliteration? A) Yes. B) No. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 17. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep" What literary device is used? A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 18. "Life is what you make of it ..... " is an example of a- A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Aphorism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorism. 19. The main idea or an underlying meaning of literary work ..... examples are love, family, friendship, revenge, perseverance A) Characterization. B) Theme. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 20. Which of these sentences contains a use of alliteration? A) Sarah went to the beach. B) Sarah walked along the shoreline. C) Sarah swam slowly in the salty sea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarah swam slowly in the salty sea. ← 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