This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 185 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 185 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is an example of figurative language in a literary work, whereby the author uses vivid descriptions in order to appeal to the readers senses (sense of touch, smell, sight, etc.). A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Details. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 2. "This is the beginning of the end." is an example of ..... A) Sarcasm. B) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 3. Repetition of beginning word sounds that are close together A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. Non-fiction is: A) Imaginary (made up/not real) people and events. B) A problem the main character has with themselves. C) Writing about real people and events. D) A problem the main character has with other people, society, or nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing about real people and events. 5. The example highlighted below is an example of? The moon never beams without bringing me dreams (one line) A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Internal rhyme. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal rhyme. 6. The beginning of the story where the characters and setting are introduced A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 7. When speakers or writers alter their style or tone within the same piece of writing. A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Theme. C) Shift. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shift. 8. What is the literary device that compares two objects using the words "like" or "as" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia tags2.3.R.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. Using words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to present objects, express ideas, or describe feelings and scenes A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Mood. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. What does vivid writing always include? A) Sentences that appeal to your senses. B) Long sentences. C) Sentences that are easy to read. D) Sentences with rhyming words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentences that appeal to your senses. 11. Identify the literary device/ technique:The snow was a white blanket on the grass. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 12. Which of the following nouns is a place? A) Bench. B) Store manager. C) Student. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) School. 13. What does the word "Rhetorical question" mean? A) You telling me something. B) A statement in the form of a question that is to be thought about but is NOT answered. C) A loud shouting sound. D) A shill scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A statement in the form of a question that is to be thought about but is NOT answered. 14. Supporting character whose role is to highlight a major character by contrasting him or her A) Foil. B) Stereotype. C) Protagonist. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 15. Jenna's house was destroyed when Hurricane Katrina blew through New Orleans. A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External Conflict. 16. Conversation between 2 people or characters in a story A) Dialogue. B) Point of view. C) Setting. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 17. Which of the following terms is defined as "the feeling, attitude, or atmosphere that the author has set in his/her story or poem" ? Ex. An author can describe his feeling or attitude calmly and with admiration, then shift his work to feel rigid and aggressive. A) Tone. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 18. The end of the Conflict A) Resolution. B) Plot. C) Exposition. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 19. Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Literary device. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 20. A ..... character undergoes important changes throughout a story. A) Dynamic. B) Static. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. ← 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