This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of the events in the story leading up to theclimax. The tension in the story is building. A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Exposition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 2. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."Trisha could feel the tears burning in her eyes."The author's use of imagery in this sentence suggests that Trisha- A) Is a bit of a drama queen. B) Is deeply saddened by her situation. C) Has a disorder that causes her to produce extremely hot tears. D) Knows she will never learn to read and fears for her future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is deeply saddened by her situation. 3. The writer uses the same words or phrases several times for emphasis A) Repetition. B) Contrast. C) Illustration. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 4. Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin?Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?-"Firework", Katy Perry A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. When pigs fly A) This means don't make a decision based on a brief impression or outward appearance. B) Used if something someone says, is precisely correct. C) To study very hard. D) This means that something will never happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This means that something will never happen. 6. Anxious, excited, worried, depressing are all examples of what? A) Main idea. B) Theme. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 7. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. a memory A) Tone. B) Climax. C) Flashback. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 8. The theme songs for FRESH PRINCE and GILLIGAN'S ISLAND are telling a story. What type of literary device is this? A) Play. B) Prose. C) None of these. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ballad. 9. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Her smile was as bright as the sun.'? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Any struggle between two forces. A) Plot. B) Mood. C) Point of View. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 11. "while I nodded, nearly napping, " is an example of what? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 12. The shepherd shook his head in negation. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. Atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage A) Foreshadowing. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 14. A character who opposes the main character. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Indirect Characterization. D) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 15. When two contradicting words are combined A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 16. The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader. A) Allusion. B) Mood. C) Imagery. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 17. Identify the literary device:"The fire fed upon Picassos and Matisses" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. True or False:It is necessary to capitalize titles of books, magazines, poems, songs, etc. A) False; it is never necessary. B) False; it is sometimes necessary. C) True; it is sometimes necessary. D) True; it is always necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True; it is always necessary. 19. What is the Falling Action of a story? A) The lesson learned. B) The end, solution. C) The most exciting part. D) The action after the climax, leading to the resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The action after the climax, leading to the resolution. 20. A short, fictional story that teaches a lesson or has a moral A) Fable. B) Motif. C) Theme. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. ← 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