This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 106 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 106 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why should you use figurative language in your writing? A) It is an ineffective way of communicating an idea that is otherwise easily expressed. B) It is an effective way of communicating an idea that is not easily expressed. C) It is an effective way of confusing readers. D) Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Frost used figurative language in their writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is an effective way of communicating an idea that is not easily expressed. 2. What type of sentence is the following: "What is your favorite thing to eat for Thanksgiving?" A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interrogative. 3. What literary device is the following?Icy hot A) Oxymoron. B) Anaphora. C) Pun. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 4. A literary work that tells a story and is meant to be acted out and performed. A) Act. B) Drama. C) Scene. D) Script. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 5. A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect A) Hyperbole. B) Anecdote. C) Allusion. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 6. "Do not go gentle into that good night" uses night as a symbol for what? A) Night. B) Death. C) Fight. D) Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 7. What is the definition of a paradox in literature? A) A statement that contradicts itself. B) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. C) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. D) Attributing human qualities to non-human entities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A statement that contradicts itself. 8. Which literary device is this:chocolate is his Kryptonite A) Paradox. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 9. Which literary device is this:tic-tok, tic-tok, tic-tok A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 10. The narrator is involved in the story and uses I to unfold the plot. A) Third person omniscient. B) Third person limited. C) Second person. D) First person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First person. 11. What is an example of an INTERNAL conflict? A) Individual vs. individual. B) Individual vs. supernatural. C) Individual vs. nature. D) Individual vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Individual vs. self. 12. As steady as A) A rock. B) A book. C) A box. D) A table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A rock. 13. Repeating something that has already been stated A) Repetition. B) Analogy. C) Personification. D) Rhetorical devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 14. Which word means a poem about death or dying? A) Lyric. B) Ballad. C) Elegy. D) Sonnet. E) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elegy. 15. Find the adjective phrase:Dianne cooked a delightful exotic Caribbean dish. A) A delightful exotic. B) Dianne cooked. C) Delightful exotic Caribbean. D) Caribbean dish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delightful exotic Caribbean. 16. Direct speech between characters A) Setting. B) Characterization. C) Diction. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 17. One day, a kitten finds a small, white bell. It sits on a chair and rings the bell. Poof! The kitten is now a little girl.Where would you find this story? A) In a book of true stories. B) In a fairy tale book. C) In a newspaper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a fairy tale book. 18. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve hobbits and dragons. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Assonance. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 20. What are flashbacks and what are they used for? A) Another word for present day. B) Author writes about characters' past life; helps the reader to understand character motive. C) Is the exact same as foreshadowing. D) Describes how quickly a character is developing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author writes about characters' past life; helps the reader to understand character motive. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books