This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 558 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 558 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The early bird gets the worm. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adage. 2. What is the term for the sequence of events in a story? A) Plot. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 3. .... is the position of the narrator in relationship to the plot of literature and is the perspective from which the story is told. A) Style. B) Theme. C) Point of View. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 4. The telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse. Ex. "Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories, I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled "warm and fuzzy feelings." A) Suspense. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narration. 5. The river cried A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. A language style that functions to strengthen the impression in a sentence that has an imaginative nuance, is the definition of? A) Poetry. B) Poem. C) Fairytale. D) In the house. E) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the house. 7. What is an expression that has meaning different from the meaning of its individual word? A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 8. "Purple puppies played on the playground." This is an example of what literary device? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. 1st Person A) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from one character's perspective. B) When the narrator is in the story, and the reader sees from their perspective. C) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from all characters' perspectives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the narrator is in the story, and the reader sees from their perspective. 10. The exposition of a story ..... A) Set the stage for the climax. B) Determines the outcome of the conflict. C) Presents essential background information. D) Establishes a new norm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presents essential background information. 11. Factual data used in a persuasive way A) Passionate. B) Personal pronouns. C) Imperative command. D) Statistics and figures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statistics and figures. 12. His job was a chain around his ankles. A) Symbol. B) Oxymoron. C) Anthropomorphism. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 13. When an author tells the reader the personality of a character A) Symbolism. B) Direct characterization. C) Indirect charcaterization. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct characterization. 14. A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 15. So softly sings the sparrow is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. It is used to describe a person, object, or setting by focusing on our five senses. A) Imagery. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 17. What story is this from? "And she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome." A) The Story of an Hour. B) The Most Dangerous Game. C) The Bet. D) The Monkey's Paw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Story of an Hour. 18. Like father, like son A) Parallelism. B) Personification. C) Rhetorical devices. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallelism. 19. Her cheeks are like roses is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Cliche. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. Used to compare something by focusing on completely different things. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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