This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The high point of the action-something usually changes for the main character A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 2. What is the role of symbolism in conveying meaning? A) To create a deeper understanding of the text. B) To confuse the reader. C) To provide entertainment value. D) To distract from the main theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create a deeper understanding of the text. 3. The crisp apple provided a satisfying crunch and a burst of tartness. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gustatory imagery. 4. Repetition of ending consonant sound in a line of poetry. A) Assonance. B) Poetic Inversion. C) Personification. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 5. Careless cutting cars A) Personification. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 6. Which literary device addresses an author's choice of words? A) Diction. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 7. Appealing to logic, facts A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. What sound device is being used in this sentence? "The light of the fire is a sight." A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 9. When a writer hints at what might happen in the future of a story, they are using ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 10. The snow is a white blanket. What is the literary device used here? A) Smilie. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. Which definition is correct for the following term:Point of View A) The feeling readers get from reading; the overall atmosphere, or feeling, of the story. B) When someone says something but means the opposite. C) A contrast between what we think will happen versus what actually happens. D) The perspective from which a story is told. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The perspective from which a story is told. 12. Identify the literary device/technique:The beautiful leaves danced across my front lawn. A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Setting. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. What is this the definition of? The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea A) Personification. B) Anaphora. C) Hyperbole. D) Humanify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. Using words to engage the five senses, creating mental pcitures in your mind ..... A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 15. "The pie was calling her name" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. When the beginning sounds of words are the same. A) Alliteration. B) Diction. C) Classical alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. The most important elements in the relative clauses are: A) The antecedent and the verb. B) The verb and the relative pronoun. C) The following word and the relative pronoun. D) The antecedent and the relative pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The antecedent and the relative pronoun. 18. "Circular Reasoning" is the act of supporting your statement by simply repeating it in a different way. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. A character with many personality traits that are well fleshed out for the reader A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Round character. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Round character. 20. The leading or main character in a literary work. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. ← 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