This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 543 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 543 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All Volleyball players have to be tall and athletic is an example of what literary device? A) Sarcasm. B) Jargon. C) Irony. D) Stereotyping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stereotyping. 2. Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses. A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 3. Limited the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. All characters are described using pronouns, such as 'they', 'he', and 'she'. A) 3rd person limited pov. B) 3rd person omniscient pov. C) 3rd person objective pov. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person limited pov. 4. An example of IRONY is A) In "Ransom of Red Chief, " the father of the boy asks the kidnappers to pay him $ 250.00 to take him back. B) O. Henry wrote "The Ransom of Red Chief" for entertainment purposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In "Ransom of Red Chief, " the father of the boy asks the kidnappers to pay him $ 250.00 to take him back. 5. The leaves danced in the wind on the cold October afternoon. A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. The Avengers had to battle Thanos in order to restore society ..... this is an example of which literary device? A) Conflict. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 7. True or false:Pathetic fallacy occurs when nature reflects human emotions. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. "Wayne's whirling winding words were wonderful" is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. What is a comparison of two unlike things that uses imagery to help understand a concept? Ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates:you never know what you're going to get." A) Allusion. B) Imagery. C) Analogy. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 10. An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, thing, or another text. A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 11. What does Connotation refer to? A) Dictionary definition. B) Feeling a word gives. C) Exaggeration. D) Saying one thing is another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feeling a word gives. 12. An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history, or in a literary work is called A) Argument. B) Allusion. C) Denotation. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. Feeling, disease A) Anthrop/o. B) Meter. C) Nom. D) Path. E) Phil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Path. 14. It is a person, or sometimes even an animal that takes part in the action of of a short story or other literary work. A) Character. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 15. An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event. A) Dialect. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 16. The end of the story where all the conflicts are resolved. A) Rising action. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Conclusion/resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conclusion/resolution. 17. What is the definition of an oxymoron? A) The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words close together in a line or sentence. B) A figure of speech created by combining two contradictory (opposite) words together to create a new meaning. C) A statement containing extreme exaggeration used to emphasize an emotion or a point. D) When two things/images are placed side by side to highlight their differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A figure of speech created by combining two contradictory (opposite) words together to create a new meaning. 18. When the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, it is ..... A) Limited point of view. B) Omniscient point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limited point of view. 19. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Alex alligator ate the apples. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 20. Since Shakespearean theaters did not have stage sets with false trees and painted walls, the playwright had to create a sense of where the characters were by using ..... A) Cheap props. B) Real objects. C) Descriptive dialogue. D) Green screen. 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