This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 267 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 267 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The author's attitude that is expressed by their WORD CHOICE. A) Mood. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 2. "The knock on the door was an alien sound." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. The way the reader feels when reading a story is called ..... A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 4. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words. A) Refrain. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. When two or more words in a sentence share the same beginning consonant sound A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 6. " ..... but a singular sense of impending calamity, that should indeed have served me as a warning, drove me onward." This quote from H.G. Wells' The Time Machine is an example of what literary device? A) Foreshadowing. B) Allusion. C) Symbolism. D) Situational Irony. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 7. ANIMAL FARM explore's the use of ..... to persuade and/or brainwash others. A) Propaganda. B) Hyperbole. C) Compare/contrast. D) Facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Propaganda. 8. The narrator is outside of the story telling the story. A) 3rd person. B) 1st person. C) Limited/3rd person. D) Omniscient/3rd person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3rd person. 9. Expectation does not match reality, often is humorous A) Allusion. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 10. The placing of two characters, ideas, settings, or concepts side-by-side for closer comparison is called ..... A) Simile. B) Juxtaposition. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 11. "Mae swung the shotgun round her head like a wheel." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. What is the definition of anapestic meter? A) A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. B) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. C) A reference to another work of literature, person, or event. D) An anapest is a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An anapest is a metrical foot that features two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. 13. What is the Exposition? A) The first hurdles or conflict in the literary work. B) The moment when all of the loose ends are tied up and all the questions are answered. C) The background information given at the beginning. D) The results or effects of the climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The background information given at the beginning. 14. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Character. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 15. Literary devices are tools and techniques authors use to ..... the reader. A) Confuse. B) Engage. C) Inform. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Engage. 16. A figure of speech that gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea. A) Mood. B) Personification. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. Read the following passage from a story:Mercy snorted. She should have known better than to challenge Victoria. Of all Mercy's friends, Victoria talked loudest, ran fastest, and took the most risks. She bragged about the time she convinced her older brothers to spend a weekend building her a fort. Mercy liked to call Victoria "Buster" . "Because you are always busting things up, " she laughed. Victoria wore the nickname with pride. Based on the passage, which of the following is one of Victoria's character traits? A) Forgetful. B) Confused. C) Bold. D) Shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bold. 18. What is Hypophora? A) Hyper children. B) Level of consciousness is raised in a state euphoria. C) Hyperactive anxiety in a character shown in speech and actions. D) Someone gives a question but answers it themselves; often when reasoning things out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone gives a question but answers it themselves; often when reasoning things out. 19. Giving human characteristics to non-living things A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Allegory. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. A static character ..... A) Stays the same throughout the story. B) Undergoes changes in the story. C) Has a lot of cool powers. D) Is generally unlikeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stays the same throughout the story. ← 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