This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 240 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 240 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aesthetic Relates to a sense of beauty or an appreciation of artistic expression. A) Author. B) Text. C) Context. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author. 2. A character who doesn't change throughout the story is a A) Static character. B) Round character. C) Flat character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Static character. 3. What is revealed about Scrooge's childhood when he is returned to his schoolhouse with the Spirit? A) He was lonely and spent much time lost in books. B) He was his father's favorite. C) He cared only about money. D) He was afraid of ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was lonely and spent much time lost in books. 4. Her eyes are shiny A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. Which definition is correct for the following term:Protagonist A) The main character; the character who drives the plot forward. B) The high point in a story; the moment we've all been waiting for. C) The moral or lesson the author communicates through the story's plot. D) The perspective from which a story is told. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main character; the character who drives the plot forward. 6. If a character has to confront their own morals, which type of conflict is being presented? A) Man vs. Society. B) Man vs. Self. C) Man vs. Fate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs. Self. 7. BONUS QUESTION:"I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me. " This is an example of a A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Idiom. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 8. A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme A) Mood. B) Motif. C) Foreshadowing. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 9. What is the PURPOSE of DICTION A) To make a comparison to provide further meaning. B) To give the writing a lyrical effect. C) To convey a mood or tone with word choice. D) To invoke an emotion though the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To convey a mood or tone with word choice. 10. This quote is an example of of what type of figurative language, "I'm so hungry I can eat a cow!" A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 11. What is the tone of the following text?"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108). A) Angry. B) Pleased. C) Happy. D) Suspicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry. 12. This literary device repeats a word or phrase over and over for effect A) Repetition. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 13. The couple smiled when their ride arrived. A) Synecdoche. B) Irony. C) Metonymy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 14. "Dinner was awfully good" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 15. The boy claimed the plasticknife was so sharp that itcould cut a diamond. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born" (King 3). A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. A repeated symbol that adds meaning to a text A) Tone. B) Alliteration. C) Motif. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 18. Which English teacher's name contains the most syllables? A) Anthony Bickerdyke. B) Alan Cheng. C) Christopher Jose. D) Rock Tsang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthony Bickerdyke. 19. We climbed mountains so high it seemed as if we would scrape the moon A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "It flipped and flopped and flapped, gasping, inflating, deflating, dying in front of us. We gathered around to watch it, mortified, afraid, confused, until finally two young ladies shuffled into the circle, scooped Confucius up like a live grenade, and tossed the fish back into the tank" (Reynolds 3). A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. 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