This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 131 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 131 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Stereotype A) A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. B) An idea that many people have about a person or a group of people that is usually untrue or only partly true. C) An idea, symbol, pattern, or character type in a story. D) The way an author describes a character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An idea that many people have about a person or a group of people that is usually untrue or only partly true. 2. Select the sentence that is written correctly. A) Life is good when your laughing. B) Life is good when you're laughing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life is good when you're laughing. 3. When the author thwarts the reader's expectations, we call it ..... A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 4. ..... eases tension, shows how main character resolves conflict A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 5. Which literary device is shown here? 1 dicebas quondam te solum nosse Catullum A) Syncope. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Syncope. 6. "Lightning danced across the sky. " This is an example of: A) Dialect. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. "Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." A) Ethos. B) Logos. C) Anecdote. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathos. 8. "I ate a thousand donuts this morning." This is an example of ..... A) Simle. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. Which figure of speech is represented in the sentence below? She's happy as a clam. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. Stereotyped characters, symbols, or stories A) Exposition. B) Repetition. C) Assonance. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetype. 11. What does the "W" stand for? A) Word choice. B) What?. C) Wonders. D) Wonderful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word choice. 12. Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of smell A) Olfactory Imagery. B) Gustatory Imagery. C) Tactile Imagery. D) Auditory Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olfactory Imagery. 13. When Mrs. Jones makes dinner, Roger sits far away from her purse. Why? A) Mrs. Jones shows Roger that she trustshim, and he doesn't want to disappoint her. B) Roger is afraid that Mrs. Jones will call thepolice on him. C) Roger hopes that Mrs. Jones will give himmoney, and he won't have to steal it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Jones shows Roger that she trustshim, and he doesn't want to disappoint her. 14. External Rhyme in The raven is? A) ABBCBB. B) ABCBBB. C) ABCCDE. D) ABCBCA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ABCBBB. 15. Identify the onomatopoeia in the sentences: A) The wind whispered across the plains. B) The wind blew during the storm. C) The wind sang during the storm. D) The wind stilled across the plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wind whispered across the plains. 16. What is a sensory detail? A) A detail that describes something you can hear, taste, smell, touch or see. B) A detail that is sad or happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A detail that describes something you can hear, taste, smell, touch or see. 17. What's the definition of euphemism? A) A 'softer', more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. B) The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. C) The repetition of vowel sounds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A 'softer', more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. 18. The smell of lilies always reminds me of my grandmother's garden. I used to play there everyday when I was a child. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 19. Which literary device is used in this example? The fireplace heater hissed and cracked. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 20. Which word means a reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two? A) Allusion. B) Acrostic. C) Narrative. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. ← 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