Literary Devices Quiz 476 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. ..... refers to the introduction of a story, where the characters and setting are introduced.

Correct Answer: A) Exposition.

2. External Conflict is:

Correct Answer: C) A problem the main character has with other people, society, or nature.

3. "I searched for the perfect program to peruse several small suggestions swiftly." is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

4. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Correct Answer: A) Litotes.

5. "I gazed-and gazed-but little thought/ What the show to me had brought:" includes an example of:

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

6. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Can't you see they smell like a broom" (14).

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

7. The sun smiled at the small child sitting around the flowers in the park is an example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

8. A metaphor is a comparison of two UNLIKE things

Correct Answer: B) Not using like or as to compare the two things.

9. The trip to the beach was great! One flat tire, petrol shortage and water everywhere but not a drop to drink!

Correct Answer: A) SARCASM.

10. Which literary device is shown here?674 hic nux, hic mixta est rugosis carica palmis

Correct Answer: B) Anaphora.

11. When non-human thing is given human characteristics

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

12. The wall stared at me silently.

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

13. What does the term 'epistrophe' refer to?

Correct Answer: A) A literary device where a word or phrase is repeated at the end of successive sentences or clauses.

14. "And the Need was very strong now, very careful cold coiled creeping crackly cocked and ready ..... "-from Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Correct Answer: B) Alliteration.

15. What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'?

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

16. The change in a character from the beginning to the end of a story:

Correct Answer: C) Character development.

17. When an author in her own work refers to an event in another work, this is called a(n) .....

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

18. Figure of speech comparing two things, saying that one IS the other

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

19. The act of positioning close together is the definition of which term?

Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition.

20. An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (described as a round/flat, protagonist/antagonist, etc.)

Correct Answer: A) Character.