This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 335 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 335 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Specific word choice A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Diction. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 2. A reference to a well known person, myth, historical event, or biblical story A) Symbolism. B) Analogy. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 3. This refers to structures used by writers in their works to convey their messages. A) Literary techniques. B) Literary devices. C) Literary elements. D) Literary literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary devices. 4. There are two different types of Maps. They are: A) Scale and City Maps. B) Political and Physical. C) Globe and Flat. D) Navigation and Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political and Physical. 5. What does setting refer to in a literary work? A) A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something. B) A figure of speech in which something is described as if it were something else. C) The time and place in which a story is set. D) The events that make up a storyline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The time and place in which a story is set. 6. Supporting details should ..... A) Add new information. B) Be relevant. C) Be placed logically in a paragraph. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. The character or force in conflict with the protagonist A) Flat. B) Antagonist. C) Dynamic. D) Minor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 8. A statement that conveys the central message of a story: A) Motif. B) Theme. C) Moral. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 9. The novel's fourteen-year-old narrator and protagonist, and the youngest of the greasers. A) Ponyboy. B) Sodapop. C) Darry. D) Johnny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ponyboy. 10. In the sentence "Go mow the lawn, " the vowel sounds repeat. That's why it's an example of (a) A) A assonance. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A assonance. 11. Descriptions that engage readers through the five senses:sight, sound, smell, taste, touch; also called imagery A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Sensory details. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensory details. 12. An exaggerated story about something that may have been real at one time A) Fairy tale. B) Fable. C) Legend. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legend. 13. Relating human feelings to something not human A) Philanthropy. B) Anthropology. C) Anthropometer. D) Anthroponomy. E) Anthropopathic. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Anthropopathic. 14. What is the formal division of lines in a poem that is considered a unit? A) Stanza. B) Verse. C) Line. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 15. Roger tells Luella that he wants to buy ..... A) Blue suede shoes. B) Food from the market. C) New clothes. D) A t.v. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue suede shoes. 16. Read the sentences. What is the difference between the words mortified and embarrassed? A. Sam was mortified when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly. B. Sam was embarrassed when he was called to come up onstage during the assembly. A) "Mortified" is the antonym of "embarrassed.". B) "Embarrassed" is more intense and has more negative connotation than "mortified.". C) "Mortified" is more intense and has a more negative connotation than "embarrassed.". D) "Mortified" and "embarrassed" have different denotations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Mortified" is more intense and has a more negative connotation than "embarrassed.". 17. The opposite of what you'd expect to happen A) Conflict. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 18. " ..... it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us." This excerpt includes repetition of a group of words at the beginning of phrases. It is a technique called: A) Simile. B) Anaphora. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 19. Writing that is true or factual A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Drama. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 20. Language that is not to be interpreted in a literal sense. A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. ← 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