This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 241 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 241 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What comes at the end of the power paragraph? A) Explanation. B) Evidence. C) Context. D) Closing Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closing Sentence. 2. Melanie and her family decided to travel from Pennsylvania to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather. However, as soon as they arrived, they were welcomed by below-freezing temperatures. What type of irony is represented in this situation? A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 3. Identify the literary device in the following passage: " ..... indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor ..... never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten" (Weisel 3). A) Personification. B) Anaphora. C) Anecdote. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. The opposite of what the reader expects to happen is what happens. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Verbal Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony. 5. Which literary device showcases the difference between how things seem to be and the reality? A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Irony. D) Epiphany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 6. The teacher was as cool as a cucumber. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. A character that undergoes changes, development, and end a story much different than the way he/she started A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Static Character. D) Round Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Round Character. 8. Her house, the one whose Porchlight burned yellow Night and day, in any weatherWhat does the porchlight symbolize? A) Hope. B) A flashlight. C) Time tagsE3.8E. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hope. 9. Turning point of the story; most intense moment A) Climax. B) Theme. C) Point of view. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 10. ..... is to ..... as ..... is to ....., or when you apply the same relationship to two pairs of seemingly unrelated words. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Amalgomous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 11. Which is an example of allusion? A) She had found her Prince Charming. B) She was treated like Cinderella. C) "Bippity-boppity-boo". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had found her Prince Charming. 12. "All was quiet for a while, except for the snuffing in my ear" (83).(1 answer) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. A main point communicated and developed in/by the text A) Central idea. B) Point of view. C) Figurative language. D) Epiphany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central idea. 14. Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of taste A) Olfactory Imagery. B) Visual Imagery. C) Tactile Imagery. D) Gustatory Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gustatory Imagery. 15. Grandpa sees that his chocolate cake is all gone. Brad has crumbs on his mouth. What do you think happened? A) Brad baked his own cake. B) Brad needs to brush his teeth better. C) Brad ate Grandpa's chocolate cake. D) Brad ate Grandpa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brad ate Grandpa's chocolate cake. 16. She has a "heart of gold" is an example of what? (Can you literally have a heart made of gold?) A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order. A) First, next, finally, 8:30, after. B) Cause, effect, as a result of, because. C) Problem, solution, promise, struggle. D) Compare, contrast, similar, different. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First, next, finally, 8:30, after. 18. Most Memorable Magical Moments A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text A) Narrator. B) Antagonist. C) Character. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist. 20. What is synecdoche? A) A figure of speech that utilizes the whole as representative of the part. B) A figure of speech that utilizes the part as representative of the whole. C) A figure of speech that utilizes the abstract as representative of the concrete. D) A figure of speech that utilizes the concrete as representative of the abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A figure of speech that utilizes the part as representative of the whole. ← 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