This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 562 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 562 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What literary device is used when readers are aware of something the characters are not? A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 2. Refers to the overall mood and message of your book A) Repetition. B) Tone. C) Synecdoche. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 3. The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These sounds filled my head. I thought of nothing other than the next step and keeping my tempo. I soared over the sidewalks like concrete clouds. A) Third Person Objective. B) First person. C) Second Person. D) Third Person Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First person. 4. A literary genre is also known as literary ..... A) Composition. B) Academic text. C) Essay. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composition. 5. "LIFE IS A JOURNEY" GUESS THE LITERARY DEVICE A) ALLITERATION. B) SIMILE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 6. A man who owns a lawn maintenance business cannot get grass to grow in his own backyard. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 7. A character with many personality traits is a(n) ..... A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Main character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 8. The leading character in a literary work-generally the "good guy" A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Characterization. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 9. This type of character has a lot of emotions, beliefs, ideals, concerns, and thoughts. A) Flat Character. B) Round Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Round Character. 10. The central idea of a work of literature A) Mood. B) Summary. C) Key details. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 11. "There are internal and external factors at play here ..... " is an example of ..... A) Myth. B) Exposition. C) Fallacy. D) Dichotomy. E) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dichotomy. 12. Balanced sentence-Two parallel elements are set off against each other. A) "We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change." (J.F. Kennedy's 1961 speech). B) "Whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, Iwas gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merestaccident, I had gained from my master" (20). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Whilst I was saddened by the thought of losing the aid of my kind mistress, Iwas gladdened by the invaluable instruction which, by the merestaccident, I had gained from my master" (20). 13. Why does someone write a memoir? A) To tell their whole life story. B) To tell how they were feeling when they experienced a certain event. C) To tell retell a story someone told them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To tell how they were feeling when they experienced a certain event. 14. The word choice of the speaker or author A) Syntax. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 15. From Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" :the title suggests it is sweet and fitting to die for your country, but the poem uses images such as "Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud / Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues ..... " which suggest these deaths are not sweet, nor fitting. A) Allusion. B) Tone. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 16. "There are no announcements in this airport" A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 17. "Seven horns and the mystery that belongs to all beasts" is an allusion to what? A) Greek mythology. B) Fire-breathing dragon. C) Roman God. D) Beast of Revelation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beast of Revelation. 18. Referring to something without calling it by name A) Personification. B) Symbolism. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 19. Convincing someone by appealing to their sense of logic. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 20. Is an over exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally A) Homonym. B) Dialect. C) Diction. D) Hyperbole. 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