This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hundreds of people come to see him, you know, hundreds! (page 6) A) Repetition. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 2. This is an example of which literary device? Your suntan does rapidly peel andYour wise men don't know how it feelsTo be thick as a brick. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The underlying message of a story is called the ..... A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 4. Which of the following statements is an idiom? A) First, feel free to fix the furniture. B) I had the answer on the tip of my tongue. C) A million pencils fell out of her locker. D) The dirty bird worked early in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I had the answer on the tip of my tongue. 5. An immediately identifiable person or object that serves as a prototype character or story that has been used over and over. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Archetype. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 6. The central insight (or lesson) about life that an author is trying to communicate through his or her story A) Theme. B) Conflict. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 7. True or False:Mr. Ocax does most of his hunting during the day and sleeps at night. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Frogs frequently frolic in fresh water.Carl carefully caught Carmen.Brian bought a black bulldog. These are all examples of: A) Allusion. B) Rhyme scheme. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 9. How is a metaphor different from a symbol? A) Metaphors compare two things while symbols replace complex ideas. B) Symbols compare two things while metaphors replace complex ideas. C) Metaphors and symbols are the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphors compare two things while symbols replace complex ideas. 10. What does Foreshadowing refer to? A) Moral or lesson learned. B) Preview of what is to come. C) Specific words that make pictures in the mind. D) Author's word choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preview of what is to come. 11. All of the events that lead to the eventual climax, including character development and events that create suspense. A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising Action. 12. A Latin phrase denoting the literary and artistic narrative technique wherein the relation of a story begins either at the mid-point or at the conclusion, rather than at the beginning, establishing setting, character, and conflict via flashback and expository conversations. A) Point of view. B) Stream of consciousness. C) Linear structure. D) In medias res. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In medias res. 13. What is the definition of 'imagery' in literature? A) The use of metaphors and similes in writing. B) The process of editing and revising a manuscript. C) The use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. D) The study of ancient texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work. 14. What literary device is used in this line: "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. The air surrounding the tree line smelled crisp. A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 16. What literary device is used in this line: "Read a book by the babbling brook." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. For an eagle was not meantTo be locked in a cage, Its life to be spentLike a picture on a page. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. I am the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in words A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. All events and suspense leading to the climax A) Rising action. B) Falling action. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 20. What is the IRONY in the story, "Gift of the Magi?" A) He sells his watch to buy his wife hair combs and she sells her hair to buy her husband a watch chain. B) The wife only has $ 1.87 to buy her husband a gift and he doesn't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He sells his watch to buy his wife hair combs and she sells her hair to buy her husband a watch chain. ← 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