This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 64 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do you support the validity of a theme? A) Text evidence. B) Summarizing. C) You can't. D) Using the plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text evidence. 2. This is a character flaw of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Tragic flaw. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragic flaw. 3. Identify the adverb in the following sentence:The english students carefully studied their notes. A) English. B) Students. C) Carefully. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carefully. 4. When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing; he/she has used imagery. A) Personification. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 5. CRASH! went the cymbals during the song. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 6. When a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics A) Personification. B) Suspense. C) Symbolism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. Which is an example of third person objective point of view? A) Chris had liked Emma since the 3rd grade, but he never found the nerve to tell her. One sunny day, Chris said to Emma. "So you want to go out with me?" Emma blushed and said, "Okay." Chris Smiled. B) Chris had liked Emma since 3rd grade. Little did he know that Emma liked him too. They both admired one another from a far, and waited. One day, Chris said to Emma, "So you want to go out with me?" Emma felt her stomach sink. She couldn't believe it. Blushing, she said, "Okay." Chris smiled. C) Chris slowly walked up to Emma with his hand behind his back. "So , you want to go out with me, " he said nervously. Emma blushed. "Okay." Chris smiled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chris slowly walked up to Emma with his hand behind his back. "So , you want to go out with me, " he said nervously. Emma blushed. "Okay." Chris smiled. 8. The following is an example of which literary device? Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. A) Denotation. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. Home = family, comfort, security A) Onomatopoeia. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 10. What is the meaning of Denotation? A) The deeper meaning of a word. B) The dictionary definition of a word. C) The repetition of consonant sounds. D) The repetition of vowel sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The dictionary definition of a word. 11. Characterization is the process by which the (a) reveals (shows) the (b) of a character. A) B author/personality. B) Character/body type. C) Author/looks. D) Method/madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B author/personality. 12. A literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation. A) Aside. B) Dialogue. C) Monologue. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 13. What is the protagonist? A) The person who tells the story. B) The main character in a story-usually the "good guy". C) The person or force acting against the main character; tries to stop the main character from getting what they want. D) A less important character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main character in a story-usually the "good guy". 14. The following poem is in an optimistic, or in happy tone.The sun is shining, while I am singingOh, how much joy this day is bringingI do not feel like crying, nor do I feel blueI smile from ear to ear while spreading joy to you A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. He's a cool guy, but he becomes a lovesick Romeo every time he's around her. A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 16. This term means the "type" of literature: A) Genre. B) Plot. C) Prose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 17. A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art. A) Verbal irony. B) Allusion. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 18. I tasted sour on my tongue and felt it in the back of my mouth. Then before I reached the door, the sting was burning down my legs and into my Sunday socks. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 19. The series of happenings in a literary work. A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Flashback. D) Central idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 20. When the story goes back to previous events A) Irony. B) Time travel. C) Theme. D) Flashback. 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