This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 73 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Point of view using I, me, or we A) Denotation. B) Verbal irony. C) First person. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First person. 2. What literary device is most obvious in this passage? Now that she was a princess, Cinderella often thought back to the events that brought her to the castle. In particular, she remembered the day her father first brought the woman who would become her stepmother to their home. It was a dreary November day when Cinderella met the cold, haughty woman. "Darling, " said Father, speaking to Cinderella, "this is your new mother. I want you to love her dearly and do everything she says." A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 3. The function of prolog is ..... A) To end the drama. B) To open the drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To open the drama. 4. The central idea of a work of literature is ..... A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 5. ..... refers to who tells the story and how it is told. A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Point of View. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 6. When Horace uses "Capitolio" to mean Rome, he is utilizing the literary device of A) Metonomy. B) Metaphor. C) Litotes. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonomy. 7. Choose the correct term for the following definition:occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony. 8. "The sun finally peeked out from behind the grey clouds." What is this an example of? A) Personification. B) Foreshadowing. C) Symbolism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. A rhetorical figure involving a reversal of word order to make a point. A) Hyperbaton. B) Mood. C) Periphrasis. D) Simile. E) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbaton. 10. Which literary device is a passage or sentence that changes the reader's opinion about the character, usually by revealing the character's goals, values, or feelings? A) Inference. B) Characterization. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 11. A play on words, spelling, sounds, or meaning A) Metaphor. B) )xymoron. C) Pun. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 12. In which of the following lines you can see a Hyperbole? A) Close to the sun in lonely land. B) The wrinkled sea. C) He watches from the mountain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Close to the sun in lonely land. 13. The darkness was filled with a cold so bitter it seemed to freeze the air. A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Setting. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 14. "The world does not care to hear your sad stories"What literary device is illustrated in the sentence above? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Iago-Shakespeare's OthelloLord Voldemort-Harry Potter A) Antagonist. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 16. Saying the opposite to what is true A) Irony. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Imagery. D) Literary devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 17. What is the term for descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses? A) Imagery. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 18. Open secret A) Oxymoron. B) Antithesis. C) Irony. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 19. I HAVE TOLD YOU TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM A MILLION TIMES ..... GUESS THE LITERARY TERM A) PERSONIFICATION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) METAPHOR. D) NAME REGISTRATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPERBOLE. 20. The contrast of two opposite characters, ideas, concepts or places next to each other to point out their differences. A) Syntax. B) Juxtaposition. C) Alliteration. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. ← 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