This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This lays out the sequence of events that happen in the story. A) The run down. B) The plot. C) The laundry list. D) The theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plot. 2. "Freddie is a pig when he eats, " is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Slander. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. In The Alchemist, what does the desert symbolize? A) A place of danger and despair. B) A symbol of wealth and power. C) A representation of death and destruction. D) The journey of self-discovery and personal transformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The journey of self-discovery and personal transformation. 4. A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area A) Dialogue. B) Dialect. C) Imagery. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 5. Is a when the author gives hints or clues to suggest what will happen as the story progresses. A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. C) Diction. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 6. When an elderly person is forced to retire, it's often said that they're being "put out to pasture." This is an example of? A) Euphemism. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Avoiding the truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 7. Stream of consciousness A) When the plot is presented in a non-casual order, with events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks and flashforwards. B) Narrative which presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author. C) The author tells the story, using third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrative which presents the private thoughts of a character without commentary or interpretation by the author. 8. When the credibility of the narrator is questionable A) Point of view. B) Unreliable narrator. C) Third person onmniscient. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unreliable narrator. 9. Which type of irony happens when a character says words that he does not mean? A) Dramatic. B) Verbal. C) Situational. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal. 10. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The vampire looked like a stuffed pig on Thanksgiving after drinking all the townspeople dry.'? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 11. The time and place in which the action of a story happens A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 12. A word that sounds similar to the sound it is meant to represent. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 13. The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" is called what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. What is Protagonist? A) A character or thing that is the source of conflict in a literary work. B) The main character we root for in a literary work. C) The time and place where the story occurs. D) A struggle between two or more forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main character we root for in a literary work. 15. The central topic a text treats A) Narrative. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 16. Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole are all types of ..... A) Diminutive Language. B) Literal Language. C) Figurative Language. D) Derogatory Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative Language. 17. What does the word "Jargon" mean? A) Specific words used for specific subjects or jobs. B) A simplistic way to speak. C) Evenness of temper. D) A long-winded speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific words used for specific subjects or jobs. 18. A figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Metonym. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonym. 19. "He saw the cost and hauled off" . A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 20. Satire (definition) A) Dangers of complacency in society / Women's traditional roles and radical feminism / Fundamentalist religion / Censorship (both radical feminists and theocracies have censored) / Academic righteousness and the moral dangers of relativism. B) A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule. C) A defense of the desperate coping mechanisms by which endangered women survive, outwit, and undermine devaluation, coercion, enslavement and torture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books