This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 325 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 325 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The basic structure of a story A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Foreshadowing. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 2. Extreme exaggeration is ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Analogy. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. A character that struggles with their mental health is an example of what type of conflict? A) Person vs. self. B) Person vs. society. C) Person vs. man. D) Person vs. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person vs. self. 4. A type of figurative lanuage that compares two things (nouns) without using like or as such as "He is a wall on the football field" . A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. The wheels of justice turn slowly. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. What story is this from? "He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow" . A) The Monkey's Paw. B) All Summer in a Day. C) The Most Dangerous Game. D) The Story of an Hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Monkey's Paw. 7. Another of Aristotle's modes of persuasion, referring to the logical appeal or reasoning used in an argument. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. A writer presents a situation or thing as if it is less important or serious than it is in reality A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Alliteration. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 9. Which of the following is used in the sentence? The child let the cat out of the bag about the surprise birthday party. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Idiom. 10. When a word or phrase is used multiple times in a piece of literature, song, or speech, this is called ..... A) Redundancy. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Thesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 11. The character that goes against the main character in a story. A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Direct characterization. D) Indirect characterization. E) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 12. In Little Red Riding Hood, her mom tells her to go straight to grandma's house and don't talk to strangers. This is an example of foreshadowing. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Major character A) Characters that are vital to the development and resolution to the conflict. In other words, the plot and resolution of the conflict revolves around these characters. B) The character(s) (or situation) that represents the opposition against the protagonist. In other words, the antagonist is an obstacle that the protagonist must overcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters that are vital to the development and resolution to the conflict. In other words, the plot and resolution of the conflict revolves around these characters. 14. She swam like a fish. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 15. Which word means:(n.) a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles A) Astonished. B) Doctrine. C) Dilapidated. D) Distraught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doctrine. 16. I will walk to the west wall when Walter whistles. A) Stanza. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. Which definition is correct for the following term:Simile A) A comparison of two unlike things that simply states that one thing is another. B) The time and place of a work. C) An object that represents or stands for something else. D) A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". 18. What literary device is the following an example of? "Every breath you take, Every move you make, Every bond you break, Every step you takeI'll be watching you" -The Police A) Anaphora. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 19. Which of the following is NOT one of the five elements of literature? A) Character. B) Summary. C) Plot. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summary. 20. Example of Hyperbole A) I've told you to clean your room a million times!. B) This is the second time i have told you to clean your room. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I've told you to clean your room a million times!. ← 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