This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 513 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 513 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ANTAGONIST may be human or non-human. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Faith is like a stony uphill climb:a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top.Is an example of A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Allegory. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 3. What is 3rd person objective point of view? A) Narrator is in the story, and knows thoughts of main character. B) Narrator knows thoughts.feelings of 2 characters only. C) Details and facts are reported by a neutral narrator who doesn't know thoughts/feelings of any characters. D) Narrator knows thoughts.feelings of 1 character only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Details and facts are reported by a neutral narrator who doesn't know thoughts/feelings of any characters. 4. She is my mother who fathered me. A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Repetition. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 5. "Mrs. Whatsit continued to climb, her wings straining a little. Meg felt her heart racing; cold sweat began to gather on her face, and her lips felt as though they were turning blue. She began to gasp. What is the mood of this passage? A) Sad. B) Intense. C) Joyful. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intense. 6. Linear plot development A) A series of events that occur chronologically, a clear beginning, middle, and end. B) Story structures where the writer incorporates two or more separate stories, linked by a common character, event, or theme. C) A secondary strand of the plot that is the supporting story for any story or for the main plot. D) Device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A series of events that occur chronologically, a clear beginning, middle, and end. 7. The sun was ike a yellow marble in the sky A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Verb. D) Action verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. When the narrator says "you' and puts the reader directly into the story; may see this in instructions, speeches A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person. 9. The phrase, "he is older than dirt, " is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 10. I feel like a limp dishrag. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. A literary work that uses concise, colorful, often rhythmic language to express ideas or emotions. A) Science fiction. B) Short story. C) Prose. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 12. The repetition of a beginning sound A) Alliteration. B) Mood. C) Free verse. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. A) Rhythm. B) Denotation. C) Figurative Language. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 14. These are usually words or phrases in literary pieces that writers use not only for artistic purposes but for greater understanding and appreciation of a reader. A) Literary devices. B) Literary techniques. C) Literary elements. D) Literary pieces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary techniques. 15. "I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage." -Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad A) Anaphora. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. The cat says meow. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 17. A comparison between two things or objects using "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Juxtaposition. C) Analogy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 18. In the most general sense, irony is ..... A) Creative use of words that offers a hidden meaning beyond the literal interpretation. B) A contrast between expectation and reality. C) A writer's attitude toward their subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and structure. D) A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A contrast between expectation and reality. 19. Which of the following answers is a correct example of Irony in "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata? A) The protagonist, Keiko, finds comfort and purpose in a job that society views as meaningless and low-status. B) Keiko is a successful businesswoman who owns multiple convenience stores. C) Keiko's family is proud of her for working at the convenience store. D) Keiko hates her job at the convenience store but is unable to find another job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protagonist, Keiko, finds comfort and purpose in a job that society views as meaningless and low-status. 20. The lake like cold, forbidding glass A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Monopia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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