This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 516 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 516 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All I could do was sit on the next-to-last step and hold my ear as tears jumped out of my eyes. A) Illusion. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. "It takes too much effort to be effortless." What literary device is used? A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 3. "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. Omniscient point of view A) The author tells the story, using the third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling and why they act the way they do. B) When the plot is presented in a non casual order, with events presented in a random series. C) Narrative which presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author tells the story, using the third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling and why they act the way they do. 5. Research shows that dogs can lower an owner's blood pressure. A) Objective. B) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objective. 6. The author's specific word choice that contributes to meaning A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Personification. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 7. Asyndeton is a literary device where conjunctions are omitted on purpose. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which would be the best introductory paragraph for the following prompt:In a well-developed essay, analyze the theme(s) of both stories. Compare and contrast how the authors use mood to develop the theme in each text. Use evidence and examples from both texts to support your analysis. A) The themes are be kind to everyone. B) The stories "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Grinch" both share a theme of be kind to everyone. The authors use mood to develop the theme in each text through different methods. C) The stories both share a theme of be kind to everyone. The authors use mood to develop the theme in each text. D) The stories "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Grinch" both share a theme of be kind to everyone. The authors use mood to develop the theme in each text through different methods, and I'm going to tell you about them now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stories "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Grinch" both share a theme of be kind to everyone. The authors use mood to develop the theme in each text through different methods. 9. A click of breaking branches A) Repetition. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. "It is hotter than the surface of the sun in this room!" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. Spot the personification in the sentences: A) The river flowed gently. B) The mountain was tall and foreboding. C) The wind whispered secrets through the trees. D) The sun shone in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wind whispered secrets through the trees. 12. Molly munches on multiple M&Ms. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. A statement that appears contradictory or self-defeating but may reveal a truth. A) Contradiction. B) Sarcasm. C) Logos. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 14. Which word means a set of steps leading from one floor of a building to another, typically inside the building? A) Bare. B) Splinter. C) Stair. D) Tacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stair. 15. The author's specific word choice to add effect. A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Details. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 16. Which of the following is hyperbole? A) The rain came down, down, down. B) The moon shone through the trees. C) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. D) The cat sat on the mat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 17. When the outcome of a situation is very different from, or the opposite of, what you would expect A) Dramatic irony. B) Paradox. C) Situational irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 18. What does Mae mean when she says "The worst is happening at last!" A) Jesse and Miles had ran away. B) Her husband, Angus Tuck, got bit by a snake. C) Someone, Winnie, now knows about the spring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone, Winnie, now knows about the spring. 19. I finally met the Rizal in our classroom. A) Hyperbole. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 20. A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier event A) Antagonist. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. ← 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