This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 533 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 533 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 2. A theme is the author's underlying meaning, message or main or central point of idea that he is trying to convey. A) Setting. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 3. Submitting to power or control. A) Mirage. B) Submission. C) Trill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Submission. 4. I feel like we've been here forever. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. If an author relays all the facts regarding a topic it shows A) Positive Bias. B) Objective. C) Negative Bias. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective. 6. A statement which at first seems contradictory or untrue but which, upon deeper analysis or within a certain context, does hold a truth ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 7. "His nose grew like Pinocchio's with story after story from his "impressive" basketball game" What is the character doing based off the allusion to Pinocchio? A) Crying. B) Joking. C) Lying. D) Exaggerating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying. 8. Which of the following is an example of verbal irony? A) Chanting, "You're an awesome athlete!" to an Olympian. B) Saying, "Good job!" to someone who just rear ended another car. C) When the sun is shining and the birds are singing, you say, "Nice weather we're having, right?" . D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saying, "Good job!" to someone who just rear ended another car. 9. The use of language that appeals to the senses or creates images in the reader's mind. A) Irony. B) Tone. C) Imagery. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 10. The speech, thoughts, effect, actions, and looks of a character ..... A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Characterization. 11. I could sleep for an hour. A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a hyperbole. 12. Conversation in literature A) Dialogue. B) Poetry. C) Theme. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 13. A metaphor that continues for several stanzas or the length of a poem A) Metaphor. B) Extended Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended Metaphor. 14. Why do writers use puns? A) Because they like to make jokes. B) Because they create a lighthearted effect. C) Because they want to compare characteristics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they create a lighthearted effect. 15. A character who remains the same throughout a narrative; he/she does not develop or change. A) Dynamic Character. B) Static Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Static Character. 16. An exaggerated statement that emphasizes the significance of the statement's actual meaning A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. "Awfully good" is an example of ..... A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 18. "Long live the rose that grew from concrete." The rose and concrete are examples of ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflict? A) Person vs self. B) Enemies to friends. C) Person vs nature. D) Person vs person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enemies to friends. 20. "Time flew by as we laughed and danced." This line from a poem is an example of: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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