This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 554 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 554 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Difference between appearance and reality. A) Irony. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 2. A hint as to the outcome of a conflict or "the" conflict (denouement) is known as ..... A) Complicating factor. B) Conflicts. C) Dilemma. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 3. The use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for the reader; writers appeal to ALL of the reader's senses to evoke emotion and feeling A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Situational irony. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 4. Writing or saying one thing but meaning the opposite is ..... A) Verbal irony. B) Hubris. C) Dramatic irony. D) Writing or saying one thing but meaning the opposite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 5. -"wedded to calamity" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. The clouds are cotton balls in the sky.This is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. Comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as' A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. When something is referred to indirectly A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 9. Which literary device uses an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbol. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 10. Claim A) A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point of an argument. B) When a company receives a lump sum of money back after paying taxes. C) Another form of author's purpose. D) Making a relationship exclusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point of an argument. 11. What does the exposition or basic situation of plot help to do? A) Building suspense; conflict develops. B) Highest point of interest; turning point of the story. C) Gives background about setting and/or characters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gives background about setting and/or characters. 12. "Her scream bent instrument dials like palms in a hurricane" (60). (1 answer) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. List of books A) Bibliophobia. B) Biblioklept. C) Bibliography. D) Bibliophile. E) Bibliomania. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bibliography. 14. A paradox is a: A) Rage, fury, anger. B) Body (natural or artificial) which revolved around a larger body, generally a planet. C) Tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true. D) Disgrace; humiliation, dishonor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true. 15. Characters the reader doesn't get much information about A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 16. What is the difference between a conductor and a teacher? The conductor minds the train and a teacher trains the mind. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Symbolism. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 17. The writer of a memoir writes about something that A) He/she doesn't give a second thought to. B) Required research of several sources. C) Impacted his/her life. D) You would see in an argument essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impacted his/her life. 18. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. "Hard times always after a poor man. One day I got tired, sat down to rest a spell, and felt a tap on my shoulder. Hard times caught up with me" contains: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. When the reader/audience knows that something will happen, but the character(s) do not A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. ← 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