This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 514 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 514 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am between jobs at the moment. A) Euphemisms. B) Irony. C) Paradox. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemisms. 2. When a character struggles with another character, nature, or society. A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. C) Direct characterization. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External conflict. 3. Which literary device is this:the lightening danced across the sky A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Enjambment. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. Define Author's Craft. A) Citing specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. B) An activity involving skill in making things by hand like a boat or a ship. C) Reading closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it. D) How the author intentionally uses literary devices and narrative elements to tell a story, persuade, or inform an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How the author intentionally uses literary devices and narrative elements to tell a story, persuade, or inform an audience. 5. "The canteens hum like beehives full of rumors." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. A person who is not civilized. A) Roust. B) Cahoots. C) Barbarian. D) None of the aove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barbarian. 7. True of False:The character of Frank is not racist which is why he speaks colloquially A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. ..... are specific structures that writers often use to add meaning or create more compelling and a better understanding of the stories for the reader. A) Components. B) Literary devices. C) Strategies. D) Techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary devices. 9. The type of characterization used by an author when he allows the reader to observe the character's actions, his interactions with others and the things he says and thinks; the author lets the readers/audience decide for themselves. A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Direct characterization. D) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect characterization. 10. A host of golden daffodils-This line is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 11. "Polyphemus lay on his back, snoring like a power saw" (10). A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. Play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply different meanings A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 13. What does plot mean? A) A sequence of events in a story. B) A problem between two characters. C) The lesson the reader understands. D) Story events in random order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sequence of events in a story. 14. This literary device gives human qualities to animals or objects A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. If I don't eat right now, I'm going to die. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Someone says something but means the opposite (think of sarcasm) A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Transitional Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 17. What is the term for the main message of a literary work? A) Setting. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 18. A way of describing something by comparing it to something else. A) Similes. B) Descriptive words or sentences. C) Metaphors. D) Repetitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphors. 19. Central topic of a text. A) Theme. B) Analogy. C) Flashback. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 20. Which type of bias chooses not to cover certain stories or leaves out information that would support an alternative viewpoint? A) Bias by limitation. B) Bias by saturation. C) Bias by perception. D) Bias by omission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias by omission. ← 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