This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 179 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 179 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A struggle between a character and an outside force A) Internal conflict. B) External conflict. C) Direct characterization. D) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External conflict. 2. The shaping of a text's meaning by another text. A) Internet. B) Intertext. C) Interface. D) Hypertext. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intertext. 3. This type of character is vital to the development and resolution of a story. A) Major character. B) Minor character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major character. 4. I love you to the moon and back ..... A) Anaphora. B) Multi-connectors. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 5. This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 6. The rain was a drum beat on the tin roof. Metaphor? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 7. Putting events in a text in order from beginning to end. A) Compare. B) Inference. C) Foreshadowing. D) Sequencing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sequencing. 8. The calm, soothing river water refreshed the hikers. A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 9. What is the narrator? A) The person who tells the story. B) A character that plays an important role in the story. C) A supporting character. D) A less important character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The person who tells the story. 10. What does the term rhetoric mean? A) Closely studying a text, interpreting its meanings, and exploring why the author made certain choices. B) How the information within a written text is organized. C) The art of persuasion through communication. D) A statement essentially arguable, but used as a primary point to support or prove an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The art of persuasion through communication. 11. A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. A) Flashback. B) Symbol. C) Tone. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 12. A concrete representation of an abstract idea, such as the mockingbirds, or the green light in Gatsby. A) Metaphor. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 13. Example:My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. The repetition of vowel sounds within words is called ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 15. Choose the vocab word that best fits the sentence:The nomination of the Homecoming King will ..... the nomination of the Homecoming Queen. A) Precede. B) Flounder. C) Anguish. D) Deference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precede. 16. A word that is formed based on the sound that is associated with its name A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Apostrophe. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 17. "Toot your own horn" is what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 18. Identify the main literary device used here:The snow covered the ground like blanket of wool. The chilly wind burned the tips of my nose and ears. I tasted the icy snowflakes as they drifted down from the sky. A) Hyperbole. B) Rhythm. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 19. What is the conflict type in the story below?12 year old Billy is running for his life from the biggest tornado in history. A) Man v.s Character. B) Man v.s Self. C) Man v. Society. D) Man v.s Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man v.s Nature. 20. The person who is telling the story A) Narrator. B) Nonfiction. C) Character. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. ← 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