This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 322 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 322 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main problem of a narrative; it is always states as ..... vs ..... A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 2. My sister gives me a flat balloon (line 5)To use at Ben's party at noon.In the party, we hire a clown called Sam.Everyone will be as happy as a clam.Which line in the above poem is an example of simile? A) Line 5. B) Line 6. C) Line 7. D) Line 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line 8. 3. "Wailed like a child" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 4. Which list shows the correct order for most stories? A) Exposition, falling action, climax, rising action, resolution. B) Exposition, falling action, rising action, climax, resolution. C) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. D) Rising action, falling action, exposition, climax, resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 5. The contrast between what happens and what is expected A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 6. When the author shows a character's traits through how they act, speak, etc. A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Conflict. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 7. Which literary device is used in this example?My sister and I had a friendly fight. A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 8. He is older than the hills. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. " ..... the moon is like a piece of Swiss cheese glowing in the night sky" is an example of ..... A) A metaphor. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) A simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A simile. 10. What is the relationship between the mood of a piece of writing and the reader of that piece? A) Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing. B) Mood is the knowledge the reader gains from a piece of writing. C) Mood is the relationship the reader develops with the author of a piece of writing. D) Mood is the amount of sympathy the reader feels for the characters within a piece of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood is the feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing. 11. Definition of Onomatopoeia A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. B) Sound effect noises. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. 12. ..... sentences end with an exclamation mark. A) Declarative. B) Exclamatory. C) Interrogative. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclamatory. 13. Which of the following best defines paradox? A) The use of deliberate exaggeration for effect. B) The use of parallel structure for a series of similar grammatical elements. C) An imitation of a literary or musical work. D) An apparent contradiction that actually expresses a truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An apparent contradiction that actually expresses a truth. 14. The repetition of the same first letter/sound in a word in a phrase A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. Characters that are complex and develop as the story goes on A) Round. B) Flat. C) Static. D) Dynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round. 16. A reference to a well-known person, place, event or work (book, song or movie) that appears in another work A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Analogy. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 17. What does point of view refer to in a literary work? A) The narrator's position in relation to the story being told. B) A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else. C) The main problem in the story. D) The time and place in which a story is set. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The narrator's position in relation to the story being told. 18. We were chickens with our heads cut off. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. The definitions for Tone is ..... A) The author's attitude toward a story. B) They are hints and clues the author gives that sets the reader up for the climax or resolution. C) Feelings and emotions a reader gets when they read a story. D) The author or a narrator tells the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author's attitude toward a story. 20. A limited narrator is usually ..... A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) Fourth person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. ← 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