This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 274 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 274 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the plot is presented in a non-casual order, with events presented in a random series jumping to and from the main plot with flashbacks or flashforwards or in any other manner that is either not chronological or not cause and effect. A) In medias res. B) Nonlinear structure. C) Stream of consciousness. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonlinear structure. 2. Deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration A) Paradox. B) Tone. C) Symbol. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 3. It beats as it sweeps as it cleans.What is the literary device used in the sentence? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 4. A character who is not highly developed A) Flat character. B) Round character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat character. 5. "By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath smells wooingly here." This sentence is an example of ..... A) Rhetorical question. B) Pathos. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. Which of the following characters is most likely to be an antagonist based on their personality traits? A) A character who is kind, generous, and always helps others. B) A character who is selfish, manipulative, and lacks empathy. C) A character who is funny, outgoing, and the life of the party. D) A character who is shy, introverted, and prefers to be alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A character who is selfish, manipulative, and lacks empathy. 7. "But have you ever imagined getting a blind date from a capsule toy?" is an example of: A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 8. A person, place, an activity, or an object that stands for something beyond itself. A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Symbol. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 9. What does reportorial mean? A) Fictional, imaginative, biased. B) Factual, dry, neutral. C) Emotional, expressive, subjective. D) Analytical, critical, opinionated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factual, dry, neutral. 10. What is the purpose of figurative language? A) To emphasize something or make writing more interesting. B) To allow characters to talk in a narrative. C) The lesson or meaning of the story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To emphasize something or make writing more interesting. 11. "Busy old fool, unruly sun-" A) Imagery. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. Figure of speech comparing two different things (not using "like" or "as") A) Metaphor. B) Parallelism. C) Simile. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. "The baby was as snug as a bug in a rug." This expression is an example of which of the following? A) Tone. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 14. The old man croaked his request.This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Direct Metaphor. C) Implied Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Implied Metaphor. 15. Throughout A Rose for Emily, Faulkner talks about dust and decay over and over in order to help the audience see themes and to help create a somber mood. A) Motif. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 16. The Titanic was often called the "unsinkable ship", yet it sank on its maiden voyage. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 17. EXAMPLE:On some summer days, the garage heats up like an oven. A) Simile. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. This is a kind of verbal irony. When the speaker says words or statements which he means the opposite of with the intention or mocking or hurting another person, s/he is said to be using this literary device. A) Sarcasm. B) Verbal Irony. C) Exaggeration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 19. Which is not an example of a type of conflict? A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. society. C) Man vs. fate. D) Man vs. objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. objects. 20. Linear structure A) The angle of vision from which a story is told. B) A plot that follows a straight moving, cause and effect, chrono order. C) When the plot is presented in a non casual order, with events presented in a random series. D) Narrative which presentes the private thoughts of a character without commentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A plot that follows a straight moving, cause and effect, chrono order. ← 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