This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which words are the abstract nouns? His art teacher applauded his creativity. A) Art, applauded, creativity. B) Art, creativity. C) Creativity. D) Art, teacher, creativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creativity. 2. A type of realistic fiction that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author's imagination. A) Figurative Language. B) Resolution. C) Plot. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical Fiction. 3. Which literary term is showcased in the following quote:I became what I am today at the age of twelve ..... A) Epiphany. B) Flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 4. What is the meaning of the allusion?My brother is a regular Einstein! He always seems to know the answer! A) His brother is unintelligent. B) His brother works hard. C) His brother is intelligent. D) His brother is lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His brother is intelligent. 5. A technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions or contrasts. A) Irony. B) Satire. C) Point of view. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 6. Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. Who is the author of Tuck Everlasting? A) Arthur Farley. B) Little Tony, the crime fighting pony. C) Prince Harry. D) Natalie Babbitt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natalie Babbitt. 8. The use of words, phrases, or actions that hint at future events in the story. A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Flashback. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 9. The opposite or contrast of what you'd think or expect is which type of literary device? A) Irony. B) Symbol. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 10. Stylistic featuresThe ways in which aspects of texts (such as words, sentences, images) are arranged and how they affect meaning. A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text. 11. When a character says one thing but means the opposite A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 12. The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness A) Parallelism. B) Stream of Consciousness. C) Ambiguity. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiguity. 13. What does "in the dog house" mean? A) You're in big trouble. B) Everything is going your way. C) Listening intently. D) It is raining very hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You're in big trouble. 14. Character telling story from his or her perspective; "I, me, my" A) First person POV. B) Second person POV. C) Third person limited omniscient POV. D) Third person dramatic/objective POV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person POV. 15. Allows writers to show their audience specific events that happened before the current action of the story A) Genre. B) Setting. C) Subplot. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 16. The reader's response or emotion to literature A) Theme. B) Foil. C) Mood. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 17. Which is an example of Anachronism? A) Words are commonly misspelled by the author. B) The use of clocks when the time period didn't have mechanical clocks. C) An author usually makes a mistake and writes a period piece but includes words or an object that is too modern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An author usually makes a mistake and writes a period piece but includes words or an object that is too modern. 18. This is 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) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art to enrich the reading experience by adding meaning. A) Allusion. B) Flashback. C) Figurative language. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 20. "Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze." These lines show an example of: A) Stanza. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. ← 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