This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 461 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 461 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about change A) Dialogue. B) Satire. C) Conflict. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satire. 2. 'Cause all of meLoves all of youLove your curves and all your edgesAll your perfect imperfections A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Metonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 3. Hints that are given that warn you that something may happen later in the story is called ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Simile. C) Flashback. D) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 4. The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 5. "All of my life I'd been warned that the waters lied." -This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor / Alliteration. B) Alliteration / Simile. C) Assonance / Personification / Alliteration. D) Simile / Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance / Personification / Alliteration. 6. When an author gives animals, objects, ideas, or actions, the qualities of humans, he/she is using ..... A) Dialect. B) Personification. C) Characterization. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Literary work with a happy ending A) Comedy. B) Imagery. C) Poetry. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 8. This type of character is uncomplicated and usually a side-kick. A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 9. An expression that conveys the opposite belief of the speaker in a humorous way is called ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 10. What's the definition of mood? A) The general atmosphere or emotional complexion-in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. B) The general character or attitude of the author, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. C) When authors hint at plot developments that don't actually occur until later in the story. Foreshadowing can be achieved directly or indirectly, by making explicit statements or leaving subtle clues about what will happen later in the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The general atmosphere or emotional complexion-in short, the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. 11. Kapow, Boom, Buzz is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 12. The Joker, Batman, Mario, Princess Peach, Bowser are all examples of what? A) Archetypes. B) Allusions. C) Metaphors. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archetypes. 13. "He's the laziest dog in the world" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. What are the rows of words in a poem called? A) Stanzas. B) Rhythm. C) Lines. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lines. 15. Which is an example of an PROTAGONIST? A) The majority of Hatchet takes place in the Canadian wilderness in summer. B) Margot (from All Summer in a Day) or Little Red Riding Hood. C) The wolf to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. D) Brian's decision of whether or not to tell his parents what he knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Margot (from All Summer in a Day) or Little Red Riding Hood. 16. Character who stands in opposition to the central character in a story A) Flat character. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 17. The use of vivid sensory language in literature A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. The mood of a passage, book, or song is ..... A) The author's attitude. B) How you feel after reading or listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How you feel after reading or listening. 19. What is the definition of diction? A) A comparison using like or as. B) A comparison between two unlike things. C) Giving a non-human thing human characteristics. D) Word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Word choice. 20. When the audience knows something the characters don't know A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. 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