This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 484 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 484 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device is shown here?69 ..... tuque, o confisa figurae, 70 infelix Lethaea, tuae, iunctissima quondam A) Prolepsis. B) Growing tricolon. C) Spondaic line. D) Multi-connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing tricolon. 2. The lines "The rain was falling, / a mist about his white hair"show an example of A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 3. A word that sounds like the sound it represents A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 4. What sense is being engaged most in this example:the streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain A) Touch. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. E) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sight. 5. "She wore a navy blue poplin raincoat over gray sweatpants and whitesneakers, looking, at thirty-three, like the type of woman she'd once claimed she would never resemble"Could be an example of: A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Assonance. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 6. The author's use of descriptive language to activate the reader's five senses is the definition for ..... A) Situational irony. B) Imagery. C) Verbal irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 7. You are walking up the steps and trip. Your best friend says, "Nice Job" What type of literary device is this? A) Sarcasm. B) Tone. C) Symbolism. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 8. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.allows the readers to see into the minds of multiple charactersall characters are described using pronouns such as they, he, she A) 3rd person omniscient. B) 3rd person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person omniscient. 9. Which of the following is a symbol in TEWWG? A) Nanny's house. B) Janie's dress. C) Phoebe. D) The hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hurricane. 10. Episode A) A problem or challenge faced by the main character. B) A small event that is part of a larger story. C) An action in a story that moves the story forward, usually something happens to the main character, etc. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small event that is part of a larger story. 11. When discussing literature, how is the word 'setting' used? A) The word 'setting' is used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story. B) The word 'setting' is used to identify characters. C) The word 'setting' is used to identify the summary and plot within a story. D) The word 'setting' is used to identify conflict and following resolution that happens within a piece of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The word 'setting' is used to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story. 12. Narrator is a character in the story A) 1st Person. B) 2nd Person. C) 3rd Person. D) 4th Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st Person. 13. The author's message or lesson describes which literary device? A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Foreshadowing. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 14. "Less is more" is an example of ..... Opposites that are nonetheless true is the basic definition of ..... A) Paradox. B) Parallel structure. C) Satire. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 15. Swimming:fish::flying: ..... A) WHALES. B) BIRDS. C) BABIES. D) CARS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BIRDS. 16. Brandon leaned back in his chair during the lecture. He was bored with the classes discussion of rock formations. This is an example of ..... A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 17. My phone rings when I get a call. What is the literary device used? A) Allusion. B) Wit. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 18. A personal experience is called A) Rhetoric. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 19. A phrase combining two words with opposite ideas, joined to create an effect. Commonly an adjective proceeding a noun. A) Oxymornon. B) Paradox. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymornon. 20. In Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Grinch steals trees, presents and food At the end of the story, he finds out that Christmas was more than those material things. The items the Grinch steals are examples of what literary device? A) Foreshadowing. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Dramatic Irony. E) Metaphor. 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