This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 254 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 254 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the action verb in the sentence? My mother carried the platter. A) My. B) Mother. C) Carried. D) Platter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carried. 2. A character might struggle with an emotional problem such as dealing with a difficult decision. This is an example of an ..... A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 3. A reference to a well known person, event, bible story, mythology, etc A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Suspense. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 4. The books fell on the table with a loud thump. A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 5. A very short story that has a moral or life lesson, usuallly has talking animals-usually has talking animals as main characters A) Fairy tale. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 6. "Society everywhere is in a conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members." The above passage is an example of A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. Which of the following is the definition of theme? A) The lesson of the story. B) The moral of the story. C) The overall message of the author. D) The conflict of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The overall message of the author. 8. The definition of hyperbole is: A) A reference to something that is famous or well-known, such as political figures or events, religious figures or events, literary works, or pop culture. B) An exaggeration. C) A comparison between two things without using the words as or like. D) When someone intentionally says the opposite of what they really mean. E) A comparison between two things using the words as or like. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An exaggeration. 9. Situation's atmosphere and character's feelings A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 10. The professor praised his pupil's flowery prose. A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition: A) Allegory. B) Foreshadowing. C) Motif. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 12. The blue Mustang was circling the park slowly. A) Suspense. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suspense. 13. The figure of speech that emphasizes something by discussing its opposite A) Paradox. B) Allegory. C) Cliche. D) Epitaph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 14. What literary device is used in the phrase:'He was as brave as a lion'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 15. An element at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. A) Conflict. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 16. Narratives are written without traditionally recognizable plots and yet still evoke in you a feeling that you are going somewhere when you read it. A) Linear plot. B) Episodic plot. C) Pointless plot. D) Circular plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pointless plot. 17. This is an element of a story which is defined as the sequence of events that occurs from the first line to the last. A) Setting. B) Characters. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 18. He was as blind as a bat A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. What is an example of narration? A) I woke up at 6 a.m. and rushed to my desk. B) I realized I had class in three hours and 18 papers to grade!. C) My piles of essays were scattered around my desk as if they had been hit by a tornado. D) "Breakfast is ready!" my mom yelled. "In a minute!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I woke up at 6 a.m. and rushed to my desk. 20. Which of the following is an example of allusion? A) He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War. B) A little lad listened to the lisping lizard. C) CRASH!. D) He cried like a baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was acting like Hitler, I was nervous we were about to have a 3rd World War. ← 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