This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 157 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 157 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A device in which an implausible concept or character is introduced at the end of a story in order to resolve the conflict and bring a pleasing resolution. A) Resolution. B) Falling Action. C) Denouement. D) Deus ex Machina. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deus ex Machina. 2. What is induction? A) The process that moves from a generalization to a given series of specifics. B) The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization. C) The process that moves from one specific to another specific. D) The process that moves from a generalization to another generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process that moves from a generalization to a given series of specifics. 3. When the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 4. The word spread like leaves in a storm. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. Word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 6. The use of extreme exaggeration A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 7. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Her eyes were as bright as the stars'? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. What literary device is this? "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother." A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Characterization. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 9. Which sentence is written in 1st person? A) I wanted to go to the mall, but COVID stopped me. B) She went to the mall, because no one could tell her what to do. C) You wanted to tell Ms. Jessica not to go to the mall, but was afraid that she would give you a failing grade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted to go to the mall, but COVID stopped me. 10. Choose the correct option."The sun smiled down on us while the trees in the happy wind." This is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. A mild or vague expression used instead of saying something more harsh. A) Idiom. B) Euphemism. C) Metaphor. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 12. "A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. The repetition of initial consonant sounds (ex:Mickey Mouse). A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 14. The words that a character speaks in a story ..... ORwhen a character speaks A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Dialogue. D) Talking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 15. The use of a repeating sound, phrase, word, or sentence for emphasis. A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 16. Select the word that correctly defines each story element. The climax of the story is when A) The turning point where the characters must face the main problem. B) The way an author creates a character. C) The description of the setting. D) The words the characters say to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The turning point where the characters must face the main problem. 17. This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. E stands for..... A) Elaborate. B) Extend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elaborate. 19. I am as hungry as a bear! Is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 20. A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, for example BUZZ and POP: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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