This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 499 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 499 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A recurring element, theme, or idea in a work of literature that serves to emphasize a particular concept or theme. A) Analogy. B) Motif. C) Satire. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 2. "The data is perfectly clear:this investment has consistently turned a profit year-over-year, even in spite of market declines in other areas." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Pathos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logos. 3. Which sentence demonstrates alliteration?a) The cat sat on the mat.b) The sun sets in the west.c) She sells seashells by the seashore.d) The rain fell softly on the roof. A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 4. What is the definition of Rising Action? A) A series of events in a story that build toward the climax and create suspense and interest. B) The beginning of the story where the author introduces background information, settings, events, and characters to help the reader progress through the novel. C) A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as. D) When a writer uses very descriptive language to appeal to all 5 of your senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A series of events in a story that build toward the climax and create suspense and interest. 5. Identify the literary device in this sentence:Sheila ate from the porridge bowl, the three bears drank from the porridge bowl, and Goldilocks dined from the porridge bowl. A) Epistrophe. B) Anaphora. C) Symploce. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epistrophe. 6. Definition:This type of figurative language extreme exaggeration for effect. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 7. An Argument opposed to your thesis or part of your thesis. A) Counter-argument. B) Counter-claim. C) Thesis statement. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counter-argument. 8. Character versus an outside force is an ..... conflict A) Internal. B) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External. 9. When Camilla sent Jordan a picture of her new hair cut, Jordan sent an emoji heart to her friend, meaning she loved it. A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Motif. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 10. Tina Turtle tripped Timmy Turtle for talking A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 11. "Mark is as fast as a cheetah." This is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. What is the definition of flashback? A) Referring to an event that happened earlier. B) Preparing for something that will happen later on. C) Demonstrating visual imagery. D) Offering alternative suggestions to a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Referring to an event that happened earlier. 13. "He says I'm a regular onion!" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Conclusions which can be drawn by the reader based upon limited clues or facts presented by the author; the reader is encouraged to discover things for him/herself without being directed by the author A) Inference. B) Plot. C) Outcome. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 15. What is anadiplosis? A) The repetition of the last word of the previous sentence in the first word of the next. B) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a phrase or sentence. C) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a phrase or sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The repetition of the last word of the previous sentence in the first word of the next. 16. That quality in a story that makes the reader eager to discover what happens next A) Comic relief. B) Mystery. C) Inversion. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suspense. 17. A figure of speech involving an elaborate and often surprising comparison between two apparently highly dissimilar things, often in the form of an extended metaphor. A) Apostrophe. B) Colloquialism. C) Conceit. D) Enjambment. E) Pastiche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conceit. 18. Which literary device repeats the letters or sounds in a word? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile tags2.3.R.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. A reference to something else (person, place, event, literature, etc.) A) Archetype. B) Symbolism. C) Allusion. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 20. When something happens or is attributed to a different era than when it actually happened or existed. A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Anachronism. E) Anaphora. 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