This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 81 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 81 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme A) Free verse. B) Epigram. C) Quatrain. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free verse. 2. The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 3. Hint of events that will come later in the story A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Allusion. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 4. Two unlike things compared using "like" or "as", implying one similar quality. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. The writer's attitude toward his or her subject A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Suspense. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 6. The tangy vinegar added a zing to the salad, enhancing its flavors. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gustatory imagery. 7. "The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door. The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended ..... Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound. A) "he took the box of matches". B) "the darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage ". C) "he stood motionless". D) "at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible". 8. "I try to be the raft that helps carry them over life's rough rivers" -"David's Old Soul" "I try to be the raft" is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Which is an example of MAN VS. NATURE? A) Little Red Riding Hood vs. the Wolf. B) Brian vs. a moose. C) A student fights against a school dress code. D) You must pick whether to eat a healthy snack or eat that big tub of ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brian vs. a moose. 10. Looking out the window, I recall the bitter sweet memories we had. A) Oxymoron. B) Rhyme. C) Repetition. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 11. The emotional atmosphere of a story and the voice of the narrator are the ..... A) Feelings/Thoughts. B) Beginning/End. C) Mood/Tone. D) Action/Reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood/Tone. 12. Why did the seventh man and K. decide to go to the beach in the midst of the typhoon? A) K's dog was lost. B) The wind has ceased and it was still and calm. C) They wanted to swim in the beach. D) K forgot an object at the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind has ceased and it was still and calm. 13. The story of one's life told by another A) Biography. B) Autobiography. C) Persuasive writing. D) Informational writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biography. 14. This is where and when the story takes place A) Setting. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 15. "BOOM BOOM BOOM." A) Repitition. B) Metaphor. C) Diction. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repitition. 16. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:While I was Trick or Treating, the snickers bar was calling my name. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. The problem in the story, between the main character and someone/something else or the main character and themself A) Conflict. B) Perspective. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 18. In the movie 'Monsters Inc.', the monsters are supposed to scare the children, but the monsters are usually the ones scared of the children instead. This is an example of; A) Drama. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 19. Which of the following words is defined as "an object, person, situation, or action that means something more than what it suggests on the surface" ? A) Image. B) Theme. C) Symbol. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 20. Scott has always hated school. He never felt appreciated and rarely did homework. He realized, by the end of his junior year, that learning was both exciting and important. A) He is a flat character. B) He is a round character. C) He is a static character. D) He is a dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is a dynamic character. ← 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