This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 269 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 269 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. John helps me so much, he is my rock. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. A particular kind of understatement as exemplified in the sentence "I was not unhappy with the outcome" is called what? A) Litotes. B) Euphemism. C) Metonymy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 3. Something that stands for itself, but also represents an idea that means more. A) Symbol. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Central Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 4. Mood in literature refers to: A) The reader's emotional response to a story. B) The actions and dialogue of the main character. C) The use of figurative language to create vivid imagery. D) The historical context in which a story takes place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reader's emotional response to a story. 5. Which is an example of MAN VS. SOCIETY? A) Little Red Riding Hood vs. the Wolf. B) Brian vs. a moose. C) A student fights against a school dress code. D) You must pick whether to eat a healthy snack or eat that big tub of ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A student fights against a school dress code. 6. Scared, Anxious, Excited, Worried, Foolish, Smart, Depressing A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Assonance. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 7. It is a figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. "If I'm not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin." What literary device is used? A) Allusion. B) Paradox. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 9. In the short story:Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, Louise Mallard is told that her husband passed away in a train accident, yet at the end of the story he arrives home unharmed and well. Which type of "irony" is present? A) Verbal. B) Dramatic. C) Situational. D) This isn't irony. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational. 10. The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story. A) Meme. B) Message. C) Mood. D) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 11. The banana danced in the blender while I made my morning smoothie. A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Reference to another story or work A) Allusion. B) Conflict. C) Irony. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 13. The main idea or central meaning of a story; MUST BE A SENTENCE, NOT JUST ONE WORD A) Theme. B) Play/drama. C) Point of view. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 14. First-Person Point of View is: A) The narrator is talking to you. B) The narrator is talking about themselves and their experiences. C) The narrator is talking about the characters, but is not a character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The narrator is talking about themselves and their experiences. 15. Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action which is not meant to take literally. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Which best describes Duncan's leadership? A) He is a terrible king. B) He is a nice guy but a bad ruler. C) He has been a very good king. His subjects love him. D) He tries hard but his subjects hate him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has been a very good king. His subjects love him. 17. Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal Irony. 18. What does the word "Logical" mean? A) Describing an idea or thought that comes from clear reasoning. B) Correct way of getting work done. C) The wrong way to do something. D) Evenness in discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describing an idea or thought that comes from clear reasoning. 19. A stage in which a person is either introduces or acknowledges either Evil, Love or Death in one's life. A) Chaos. B) Initiation. C) Resolution. D) Innocence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Initiation. 20. The following is an example of which literary device."The leaves danced down the street in the wind." A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. 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