This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 333 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 333 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of individuals A) Dialect. B) Author's Style. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 2. What is a literary device that represents the comparison of two unlike things often introduced using like or as? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. A description provided in the text of a play A) Stage directions. B) Dynamic. C) Mood. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage directions. 4. The perspective from which the story is told describes which literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 5. Define:acronym A) Word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps (ex. NASA, NBC). B) A shortened form of a word or group of words, with the missing letters usually marked by an apostrophe (ex. she's, they'll, wouldn't, I'd). C) A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word (ex. enormous vs. microscopic). D) A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language(ex. slim & thin, elated & happy, smile & grin). E) A word which links words, phrases or clauses(ex. and, but, or, nor, for, while, if, although, because, since, then). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps (ex. NASA, NBC). 6. Refers to the time and place in which the events occur in the novel A) Dramatic Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 7. The repetition of the same vowel sound within a phrase A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 8. A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings, in addition to their literal meanings. This term is A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Satire. D) Superlative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 9. SmackCrunchBoomMeow are all examples of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 10. A figure of speech in which the author grants lifelike qualities to nonhuman objects A) Rule of Three. B) Personification. C) Hook. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 11. Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation. A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Rising action. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 12. Macbeth laments about a "fruitless crown" and a "barren scepter." Where are these frustrations rooted? A) He is upset that Banquo's sons will be king and not his own. B) He is not getting the respect that he deserves. C) He does not like fruit. D) He does not like being king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is upset that Banquo's sons will be king and not his own. 13. The repetition of sound at the ends of words; often found in poetry. A) Simile. B) Rhythm. C) Imagery. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 14. When you use the words "like" or "as" in comparing two seemingly unrelated things, you are using what literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The stage of a story's plot in which the author provides important background information about the setting and characters A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 16. What does the myth Pandora's Box explain about humans living on earth? A) That beautiful people only care about themselves. B) Why there are evils in the world. C) It is not good to be curious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why there are evils in the world. 17. Finding Nemo is an example of ..... A) Parallel plot. B) Plot. C) Resolution. D) Linear plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel plot. 18. The least common point-of-view stories are told from ..... A) 1st person. B) 2nd person. C) 3rd person. D) 4th person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person. 19. "He is older than dirt." What does that mean? A) He is very dirty and needs to shower. B) He is really old. C) He is old and dirty. D) Dirt is really old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is really old. 20. What is the literary device used to create a sense of surprise or humor by stating the opposite of what is expected? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. 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