This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 80 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 80 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Only one of my three dogs, my beagle Neptune, really ..... the beach. A) Enjoy. B) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoys. 2. What is the literary device that hints to the reader about something that will happen later in the story? A) Pun. B) Foreshadowing. C) Hyperbole. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 3. A figure of speech that suggests a non literal similarity. The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allegory. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Watching this show is like watching grass grow. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. The events that happen after the climax that lead to the resolution of the story A) Falling action. B) Symbolism. C) Foreshadowing. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 6. A writer describes the smell of a forest fire. Which of the following would be a good sensory detail to include? A) The number of forests that there are in town. B) The fear that she has about the fire spreading. C) The strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows. D) The number of times she's been to the forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows. 7. TRUE or FALSE. The setting can change throughout the story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What literary device is present in the following quote? "I drink, " he said, "to the dead that repose around us." "And I drink to your long life." A) Pun. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 9. Situation:Merrick describes his mother as a kind person (page 16) but this mother gave Merrick away to Silcock and did not bother about him after that. A) Personification. B) Oxymoron. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 10. The setting of a story can: A) Create the story's atmosphere or mood. B) Help to reveal characters. C) Can function as a character particularly if their is conflict with the environment. D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 11. The conflict is between two characters A) Man v. man. B) Symbolism. C) Characterization. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man v. man. 12. When one character has a conflict within himself, such as morals, ethics, decisions, or even against his own characteristics. A) Man vs. Self conflict. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Man. D) Man vs. Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man vs. Self conflict. 13. A strong pause within a line of verse A) Gap. B) Blank. C) The clock. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The clock. 14. Where the conflict is fully resolved A) Falling action. B) Conclusion. C) Climax. D) Inciting incident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclusion. 15. The smoky scent of a campfire hung in the air, evoking memories of nights spent under the stars. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olfactory imagery. 16. A dove might represent love, and a raven might represent death. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Symbolism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 17. In indirect characterization ..... A) The writer describes the character. B) The character's personality is directly described by the author. C) The writer reveals the character through STEAL. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The writer reveals the character through STEAL. 18. A character that does not change A) Static. B) Dynamic. C) Literal. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Static. 19. What literary device is used here? "You don't have the balls!" A) Denotation. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 20. A type of figurative language that compares two things (nouns) using like or as such as "She is as pretty as an angel" . A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. ← 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