This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 454 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 454 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the recurring idea in a work of literature and is sometimes referred to as "the basic human experience" . A) Flashback. B) Catharsis. C) Climax. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 2. A statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but actually reveals a truth. A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 3. Which of these is not an example of metaphor? A) "Life is a highway.". B) "Her eyes were diamonds". C) "I'm an early bird". D) "He was dead as a doornail". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "He was dead as a doornail". 4. "Him and her were unhealthy lovers. They remind me of Romeo and Juliet." Why might the author use the allusion referencing Romeo and Juliet? A) To enable readers to know the characters are madly in love and headed to the altar. B) To give us a better glimpse into the future of their relationship. C) To make the reader laugh at their relationship and feel better about their own. D) To give hints that their relationship may end miserably just like Romeo and Juliet's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give hints that their relationship may end miserably just like Romeo and Juliet's. 5. It is a word that create visual or sensory images in the reader's mind. A) Imagery. B) Theme. C) Rhyme. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 6. What is cacophony? A) Harsh and discordant sounds in a literary work. B) Pleasant and melodious sounds in a literary work. C) Soft and soothing sounds in a literary work. D) Silent sounds in a literary work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harsh and discordant sounds in a literary work. 7. "Franklin has a heart of gold. He is an angel that no one deserves. What a good son and brother he is!" The text above is an example of which of the following? A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Tone. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. Example:That hairdresser really needs a haircut. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 9. ANALYZE means ..... A) To break into parts and explain each part in detail. B) To explain what something is. C) To give the main points. D) To reword something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To break into parts and explain each part in detail. 10. Language in literature that stimulates the human senses (sight, taste, touch, sound, smell) A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Figurative Language. D) Anthropomorphism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. Rhetorical devices Language techniques used in argument to persuade audiences for example rhetorical questions, repetition, proposition, figurative language. A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 12. Placing unlike ideas, people, images, ideas, or objects next to one another to highlight their differences. A) Juxtaposition. B) Analogy. C) Anecdote. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 13. Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses; helps the reader imagine the story more vividly A) Motif. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 14. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"I'm going on a blind date." A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 15. The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky. This line is an example of imagery (appeals to sense of sight) A) True. B) False. C) No ideas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. The lines "Before you can think, / Before you can utter" show an example of A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 17. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense or curiosity which keeps the reader interested. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What POV is this sentence written in? You went to the Great Hall. A) Third person omniscient. B) First person. C) Third person limited. D) Second person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Second person. 19. The sky was wide and very blue. The imagery used in the sentence is ..... A) Visual imagery. B) Olfactory imagery. C) Gustatory imagery. D) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual imagery. 20. What is an oblique reference to something outside of gthe world of the play? A) Illusion. B) Disillusion. C) Allusion. D) Dystopia. 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