This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 187 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 187 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What word do we use to help us analyze poetry? A) SWIM. B) SWIFT. C) THIRST. D) SWI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SWIFT. 2. You're a falling star, you're the getaway car.You're the line in the sand when I go too far. A) Anastrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. What can we infer about Roger's life? A) Hi family will take him to buy new shoes. B) He spends a lot of time in jail. C) He usually has to take care of himself. D) He has a lot of shoes at home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He usually has to take care of himself. 4. What is it called when the opposite of the expected outcome occurs? A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 5. Poetry uses repetition to ..... A) Make a part more memorable. B) Add emphasis to certain parts. C) Make an idea clearer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. What is Motif? A) The turning point in a literary work. B) A recurring feature of a work that develops the theme. C) Returning to an earlier time in order to clarify meaning in the present time. D) An object, person, or place used to represent something else. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The turning point in a literary work. 7. The time and location in which the story takes place. A) Character. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 8. You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good.-The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 9. This literary device is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry-the "chorus" of a song. A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Dialogue. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 10. Katy Perry:Baby, you're a fireworkCome on let your colors burst A) Allusion, irony. B) Metaphor, imagery. C) Simile, imagery. D) Personification, allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor, imagery. 11. Janet had a cold. She blew her nose every two minutes. Bobby asked the class, "Is there an elephant in here?" What does Bobby really mean? A) There is a zoo nearby and an elephant escaped. B) It smelled bad in the classroom. C) Her nose blowing sounded like an elephant. D) Elephants are always sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her nose blowing sounded like an elephant. 12. What is the interlocked word order that creates an ABBA pattern called? A) Ellipsis. B) Chiasmus. C) Synchesis. D) Tricolon crescents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 13. The genre of a story is determined by: A) The subject, the setting, and the plot. B) The parts of the story. C) The point of view and setting. D) The theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The subject, the setting, and the plot. 14. Barry bought a book to bring to the backyard barbecue. A) Cliche. B) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 15. The pattern created by the arrangement of stressed syllables, especially in poetry is called A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Dialect. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 16. What does the exotic flower in Hannah's garden symbolize? A) That maybe Kit can survive but never thrive in the Puritan community. B) That maybe Kit can survive and even thrive in the Puritan community. C) That new things should never be introduced into the Puritan community. D) That exotic things can survive for a while in a different place but will eventually die. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That maybe Kit can survive and even thrive in the Puritan community. 17. The men were jumping like a pack of frantic grizzly bears. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. Author's specific and purposeful word choice A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Diction. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 19. Which of these is not an example of taste? A) Loud. B) Spicy. C) Sweet. D) Sour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loud. 20. She sells seashells by the sea shore. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. 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