This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 132 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 132 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you think the most important thing we learn about Woodson is? A) She feels left out and lonely. B) She will be more successful than Odella in the future. C) She is creative and imaginative. D) She is more successful than her uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is creative and imaginative. 2. "The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken ..... " contains: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. How many variations of literary devices exist? A) 10. B) 20. C) Basically infinite. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basically infinite. 4. Which literary device is defined as a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable? A) Metaphor. B) Motif. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. What is the literary device that replaces phrasing that could make the reader uncomfortable? A) Pun. B) Connotation. C) Euphemism. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 6. "Just like a moth drawn to a flame Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain." Is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Antithesis is the use of ..... A) Synonyms. B) Opposites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposites. 8. "Jeremiah never took his foot off the gas his whole life, always living to see what's around the corner." is an example of: A) Indirect Characterization. B) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Characterization. 9. ..... is a sequence of events in a literary work A) Exposition. B) Falling action. C) Plot. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 10. What is the main difference between an explicit theme and an implicit theme? A) An explicit theme is universal, while an implicit theme is specific to a particular culture. B) An explicit theme is always positive, while an implicit theme can be negative. C) An explicit theme is stated directly, while an implicit theme is inferred by the reader. D) An explicit theme is only found in nonfiction, while an implicit theme is found in fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An explicit theme is stated directly, while an implicit theme is inferred by the reader. 11. What is the tone of the following sentence? Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F. A) Angry. B) Witty. C) Suspicious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry. 12. Which literary device does the following phrase include? "While I pondered weak and weary." A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. Legally Blond is an example of ..... A) Man vs. Nature. B) Man vs Self. C) Man vs. Man. D) Man vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Society. 14. Which example represents internal conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" ? A) Rainsford vs. Zaroff. B) Zaroff vs. the Burmese Tiger Pit. C) Ivan vs. the Malay Man Catcher. D) Zaroff vs. hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zaroff vs. hunting. 15. "All the world's a stage." A) Example of metaphor. B) Example of hyperbole. C) Imagery using sight. D) Imagery using smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Example of metaphor. 16. Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. A) Repetition. B) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 17. What is personification in fiction? A) Personification is the attribution of human qualities to non-human entities in fiction. B) Personification is the use of fictional characters to represent real-life people. C) Personification is the use of non-human entities to represent human qualities in fiction. D) Personification is the use of words that sound like what they mean in fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification is the attribution of human qualities to non-human entities in fiction. 18. 'The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live' (p. 21) A) Juxtaposition. B) Repetition. C) Theme. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 19. "It sounded big." "Everything sounds big in the woods." A) Exaggeration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 20. Third-person limited: A) Narrator is a character in the story; uses "I, " "we, " etc. B) Narrator outside the story; uses "he, " "she, " "they". C) Narrator tells only what one character perceives. D) Narrator can see into the minds of all characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrator tells only what one character perceives. ← 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