This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Examples which include facts, direct quotes, or personal experience A) Supporting details. B) Transitions. C) Links. D) Counterarguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supporting details. 2. If you jump out of bed like a kangaroo, how are you MOST likely feeling? A) Scared. B) Mad. C) Excited. D) Anxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Excited. 3. What does interpret mean? A) Interpret means to translate, analyze, or give examples drawn from a text. B) Interpret is a description or meaning that clearly defines an idea or term. C) Interpret is to get or come to have as one's own. D) Interprt is a subtle difference in or shade of meaning or expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpret means to translate, analyze, or give examples drawn from a text. 4. What does Liesel read in front of the class that results in her getting beaten by Sister Maria? A) The Shrug. B) The Gravedigger's Handbook. C) The Book Thief. D) The Bible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gravedigger's Handbook. 5. I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ..... connotation. A) Positive. B) Negative. C) Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 6. Which of these is the correct definition of "anachronism" ? A) An intentional or unintentional error in chronology or a timeline. B) An informal piece of dialogue or turn of phrase used in everyday conversation. C) The word choice and speaking style of a writer or character. D) A poem expressing grief over a death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An intentional or unintentional error in chronology or a timeline. 7. Which part of the story is the same as the set-up of the story where the characters, background, and setting were being revealed? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 8. A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." . A) Aphorism. B) Irony. C) Anaphora. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphorism. 9. I am the richest man in the world! A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 10. The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of it's literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result A) Dialect. B) Allusion. C) Irony. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 11. The reader or audience knows something that a character or narrator does not. A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Suspense. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 12. A direct comparison of two unlike objects (not using "like" or "as") A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Juxtaposition. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. What helps create the mood of the writing? A) Sound devices. B) Figurative language. C) Imagery. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Verbal Irony happens when ..... A) A character says something unkind to another character. B) A character says something opposite of what he/she means. C) The audiance is aware of something the character doesn't know. D) What happens is not what is expected to happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A character says something opposite of what he/she means. 15. Denouement A) Learn Background Information. B) The Resolution of the Conflict. C) Turning Point in the Story. D) Events Resulting from the Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Resolution of the Conflict. 16. A struggle within a character's mind, such as over a difficult decision or conflicting feelings; man vs. self A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. C) 1st person. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal Conflict. 17. "the thunder boomed" is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 18. I am going to go powder my nose. Are you coming? A) Metaphor. B) Euphemisms. C) Tautology. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemisms. 19. Comparison between 2 unalike things using like or as A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. A press conference by the Pentagon A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. 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