This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 126 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 126 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have connotations that create emotions or feelings in the reader. A) Dialect. B) Consonance. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 2. Literary terms can be applied to books, movies and even song lyrics. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. True or false:The term half-caste is not racist as it is based on Social Darwinism A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Type or category to which a literary work belongs Ex. Fiction/Non-fiction, Drama, Poetry, Novel, Short Story, Biography, Essay, etc. A) Title. B) Genre. C) Summary. D) Library. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genre. 5. A form of contrast by which writers call attention to dissimilar ideas or images or metaphors A) Juxtaposition. B) Opposition. C) Comparison. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 6. Why do poets use imagery? A) To make the reader confused. B) To paint an image in the readers. C) To make the reader hum a. D) A type of pasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To paint an image in the readers. 7. Which one is the correct sequence for the plot of a story? A) 1. Exposition2. Rising Action3. Inciting Incident4. Falling action5. Climax6. Conclusion/Cliff-hanger. B) 1. Rising Action2. Inciting incident3. Exposition4. Climax5. Falling action6. Conclusion/Cliff-hanger. C) 1. Exposition2. Inciting Incident3. Rising action4. Climax5. Falling action6. Conclusion/Cliff-hanger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1. Exposition2. Inciting Incident3. Rising action4. Climax5. Falling action6. Conclusion/Cliff-hanger. 8. Where the suspense builds, the problem gets worse, or the problem gets complicated A) Rising action. B) Play/drama. C) Conflict. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising action. 9. A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting incident or event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson A) Allegory. B) Denotation. C) Extended metaphor. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anecdote. 10. "Sarcasm is verbal irony + the intention to mock / criticize" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. How does a political cartoon use symbolism and metaphor to convey a message, Soham, Abeer and Meesha? A) To represent an idea or concept visually. B) To create a sense of humor. C) To add detail to the cartoon. D) To make the cartoon more appealing to readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To represent an idea or concept visually. 12. When the conflict unravels with the main character either winning or losing, what part of the story is it? ..... A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling Action. 13. How an author wants their audience to feel is called ..... And how the audience feels reading or watching the author's work is called ..... A) Mood/tone. B) Tone/mood. C) Tone/theme. D) Mood/theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone/mood. 14. All are ways other characters reveal the main character EXCEPT ..... A) How the character speaks. B) By what others say about the character. C) By what they think about the character. D) How they react to the character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the character speaks. 15. Identify the Literary Device used in the sentence: "She sells seashells by the sea-shore." A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 16. The angry storm pounded the walls of the cabin. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. "Tuck was like a starving man looking through a window at a banquet." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. What is the "counterclaim" in an argumentative essay? A) Your argument. B) The argument from the other side. C) Your argument against the other side. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your argument against the other side. 19. Character type that has many traits, maybe even contradictory traits A) Characterization. B) Round character. C) Character foil. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Round character. 20. Human qualities given to inanimate objects; Fingers of lightning flashed across the sky and the wind howled. A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Personification. D) None of above. 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