This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 459 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 459 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You are a box of crayons. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. Dramatic struggle between two forces in a story A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Point of view. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 3. Which type of conflict is the following:The main character pushes back against laws and rules. A) External. B) Internal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) External. 4. When what is said is different from what is meant A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 5. What is the time and place where a story occurs called? A) Tone. B) Inciting incident. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 6. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: "The sun loved the moon so much, he died every night to let her breathe." A) Anaphora. B) Antithesis. C) Paradox. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 7. What is a repetition of initial letters in a sequence of words? A) Alliteration. B) Plosive. C) Sibilance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. "She's as clever as a fox" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Metonymy. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Example:I think he has a few skeletons in his closet. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. Which POV uses "you" and "your" to tell a story? A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person. 11. Which sentence IS about the setting? A) They could not get past the locked door. B) They filled their pockets with candy. C) They almost got caught!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They could not get past the locked door. 12. What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses? A) 3rd person view. B) Bird's eye view bird's eye view. C) 1st person view. D) Narrator's view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st person view. 13. The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stresses syllable. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Oxymoron. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 14. Which of the following is an example of a motif in literature? A) A recurring symbol or image that represents or contributes to a theme. B) The time and place where a story occurs. C) The main character's internal thoughts and feelings. D) The actions and dialogue of the supporting characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A recurring symbol or image that represents or contributes to a theme. 15. Sequence of events in a narrative A) Mood. B) Plot. C) Narration. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 16. Define internal conflict: A) The process by which a writer makes the personal qualities of the characters in a story clear and believable. B) When the main character is in conflict with himself/herself. C) When the main character struggles against an outside force. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the main character is in conflict with himself/herself. 17. The complications and problems that keep the plot from moving too smoothly toward the resolution A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 18. Which of the following means: "falling apart or ruined, run-down?" A) Vigilant. B) Astonished. C) Solace. D) Dilapidated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dilapidated. 19. When you have to infer to find out what a Character is like A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Indirect Characterization. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect Characterization. 20. When the author repeats something A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. ← 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