Literary Devices Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. The way the story makes the reader feel through words, events, and descriptions

Correct Answer: B) Mood.

2. Which literary device is shown here? 3 dilexi tum te non tantum ut vulgus amicam, 4 sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.

Correct Answer: D) Polyptoton.

3. Refers to the recurrence of initial consonant sounds and is often associated with tongue twisters.

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

4. "The breeze kissed my cheek."What poetic device is this an example of?

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

5. What does colloquial refer to?

Correct Answer: B) The use of slang in writing.

6. The author's attitude towards the subject expressed in an EMOTION word. Ex:Sarcastic

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

7. What is a syllogism?

Correct Answer: A) The format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.

8. A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as is:

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

9. A character that DOES NOT change throughout a story.

Correct Answer: A) Static Character.

10. Again:BRRRING! BRRRING! Joey ran to answer it.

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

11. "Then leaf subsides to leaf./ So Eden sank to grief, / So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing gold can stay."

Correct Answer: B) Allusion.

12. The eggs sizzled in the pan.

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

13. Hints or clues used by the author to tell what will happen later in the book is a device known as:

Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing.

14. Example-Shrek-donkey fell in love with the dragon

Correct Answer: D) Subplot.

15. A modern-day Sherlock Holmes solved the mystery.

Correct Answer: C) Allusion.

16. I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles.

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia.

17. The ticking sound of a clock is considered as a rhythm. Yes or no?

Correct Answer: B) No, rhythm is the sound pattern of the words syllables of a rhyme.

18. The dryer made a loud buzz when the laundry was finished.

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

19. I, we.

Correct Answer: A) 1st person point of view.

20. It is the angle from which the story is told. Although every story has a point of view, the type used is up to the author.

Correct Answer: A) Point of view.