This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 471 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 471 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The beginning of the story when characters and setting are introduced is called the ..... A) Climax. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 2. This backpack weighs a ton! A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 3. The most interesting point in the text or the turning point in the text A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 4. This is the optional final chapter found at the end of a story, book, or play A) Prologue. B) Epilogue. C) Flashback. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epilogue. 5. The events in the story from the beginning to the end. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Characters. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 6. A struggle between two or more forces(ex. Man vs. Nature) A) Setting. B) Conflict. C) Theme. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 7. The lazy cloud refused to move away from the sun is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Mom's plants were dying for a drink of water. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. Wow, they bicker like cats and dogs! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What is the "opposing claim" in an argumentative essay? A) Your argument. B) The argument from the other side. C) Your argument against the other side. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The argument from the other side. 11. What is the meaning of this personification? "The raindrops danced on the tabletop." A) Raindrops danced around on the table. B) The rain hit the table and bounced off. C) The rain soaked the patio. D) The rain watered the plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rain hit the table and bounced off. 12. Outside narrator that knows "everything" A) Limited/3rd person. B) 1st person. C) Omniscient/3rd person. D) Narrator in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omniscient/3rd person. 13. "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." This phrase refers to the literary device ..... ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Billy goes to Bath for vacation. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which word means to paint a picture with words using literary devices? This often has a musical quality and expresses personal emotions or thoughts. A) Allusion. B) Acrostic. C) Narrative. D) Lyric. E) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyric. 16. The literal definition of a word. A) Hyperbole. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 17. In the middle of the night, the father hears the back door opening. He rushes to check on his kids, but a masked intruder is blocking the way with a knife. is an example of what literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Foreshadowing. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 18. This character actively opposes the protagonist. They can either be good or bad. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Dynamic. D) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 19. Which figure of speech is represented in "In the morning, the snow was a blanket over the yard" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The trees waved their arms in the wind.' A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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