This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 111 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 111 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The boy believed black birds bite. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. "A study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006 found that 23.5 percent of high schools offered fast food from places like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" (The New York Times). A) Anecdotal. B) Factual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factual. 3. If nomenclature is A) A repetition of consonants from neighboring words. B) A comparison using like or as. C) Giving human traits and characteristics to non human things. D) The formation of a word from a sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The formation of a word from a sound. 4. The character Pollyanna, from Eleanor Porter's children's book, is a young girl who finds good in everything and everyone. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? "Tess is such a Pollyanna!" Liam announced with a sigh. A) A childish, selfish person. B) An overly optimistic person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An overly optimistic person. 5. Rational, reasonable, analytical, cogent. A) Opinion. B) Passionate. C) Neutral. D) Logical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical. 6. The dog's fur was as black as A) Night. B) Day. C) The sky. D) Snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Night. 7. The repetition of beginning sounds in a sentence is a(n) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. Connotation means the second definition in the dictionary. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. 'Sister Anna, who frighten me with suspended insomnia! A) Alliteration. B) Polyptoton. C) Chiasmus. D) Twenty days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chiasmus. 10. The series of related events in a story or play A) Plot. B) Stage directions. C) Static. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 11. What is the term for a common saying that is understood in one language but cannot literally be translated into another language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 12. HAPPENS NEAR THE END OF A STORY AFTER THE CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION OF A MAJOR CONFLICT. A) Exposition. B) Inciting incident. C) Falling action. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling action. 13. What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally? A) Literal Language. B) Figurative Language. C) Poetic Language. D) Sensory Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative Language. 14. What is the meaning of the allusion?We do serious work in the classroom; it's not a Mickey Mouse Club in here! A) We don't keep mice. B) We don't goof off. C) We love to eat cheese. D) We don't like working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We don't goof off. 15. An indirect or passing reference to a person, place, or thing (usually in literature) A) Personification. B) Satire. C) Allusion. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 16. The owl laughed into the darkness. What type of figurative language is used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character. A) Internal Conflict. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External Conflict. 18. The central idea in a piece of literature; what a writer wishes to reveal or teach about a subject (should be in the form of a statement). A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Symbol. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 19. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work A) Theme. B) Stereotype. C) Epiphany. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 20. Choose the sentence that uses euphemism. A) The old man passed away peacefully in his sleep. B) The storm was so strong it knocked down trees. C) The child was very excited about going to the amusement park. D) The athlete ran incredibly fast and won the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The old man passed away peacefully in his sleep. ← 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