This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 323 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "[T]he young patriot feels himself stronger than before by a new thousand of eyes and arms ..... " The above passage contains an example of A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 2. The action that follows the climax and leads to the solution A) Inciting Incident. B) Exposition. C) Resolution. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling Action. 3. BRRRING! BRRRING! The telephone! Then it stopped, even before Joey had moved. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 4. The conflict is between a character and the society he/she lives in A) Man v. society. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Man v. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man v. society. 5. A broad statement that describes characteristics that are common to a variety of experiences A) Generalization. B) Understatement. C) Allusion. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generalization. 6. You were brought up Catholic and have a hard time believing and following any other religion. A) Person vs. person. B) Person vs. society. C) Person vs. religion. D) Person vs. technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person vs. religion. 7. What word best describes this image? (a) A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) A nomenclature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nomenclature. 8. Which literary device is this:baby buggy bumpers go bump A) Repetition. B) Internal rhyme. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 9. What does antithetical mean? A) Directly opposed, opposite; involving synthesis. B) Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis. C) Directly aligned, similar; involving synthesis. D) Directly aligned, similar; involving antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Directly opposed, opposite; involving antithesis. 10. What is the purpose of hyperbole in a poem? A) To create suspense and build anticipation. B) To compare two unlike things using like or as. C) To convey a deeper meaning beyond the literal interpretation. D) To exaggerate and emphasize a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To exaggerate and emphasize a point. 11. "You are my sunshine" is what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 12. Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge The statement above is a metaphor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The main character in "The Trout" is A) Rainsford. B) Jennifer. C) Julia. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julia. 14. What language feature is defined as:Language that indicates a speaker's or writer's assessment of possibility, probability, and obligation. A) Modality. B) Idiom. C) Neologism. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modality. 15. ..... is the reader's feelings about a text based on the writers descriptions. A) Mood. B) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 16. A plot subordinate to the main plot of a literary work A) Subplot. B) Catastrophe. C) Anticlimax. D) Quandary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subplot. 17. What would be the best symbol of love? A) A heart. B) A flag. C) A key. D) A map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A heart. 18. Which is an example of third person limited point of view? A) Chris had liked Emma since 3rd grade. Little did he know that Emma liked him too. They both admired one another from a far, and waited. One day, Chris said to Emma, "So you want to go out with me?" Emma felt her stomach sink. She couldn't believe it. Blushing, she said, "Okay." Chris smiled. B) Chris had liked Emma since the 3rd grade, but he never found the nerve to tell her. One sunny day, Chris said to Emma. "So you want to go out with me?" Emma blushed and said, "Okay." Chris Smiled. C) Chris slowly walked up to Emma with his hand behind his back. "So , you want to go out with me, " he said nervously. Emma blushed. "Okay." Chris smiled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chris had liked Emma since the 3rd grade, but he never found the nerve to tell her. One sunny day, Chris said to Emma. "So you want to go out with me?" Emma blushed and said, "Okay." Chris Smiled. 19. What type of figurative language is "patience is a virtue" ? A) Proverb. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 20. "The football player is as fast as a cheetah" means ..... A) The football player is quick. B) The football player saw a cheetah. C) The football player was not fast. D) There is a cheetah playing football. 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