This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 337 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 337 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The story of one's life told by oneself A) Informational writing. B) Persuasive writing. C) Autobiography. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 2. Which two terms are synonymous to the term 'literary devices'? A) Figures of Speech and Parts of Speech. B) Parts of Speech and Figurative Language. C) Literary Discourse and Figurative Language. D) Figurative Language and Figures of Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative Language and Figures of Speech. 3. A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses:sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell. A) Imagery. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 4. Define:Simile A) A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as.". B) Uses exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis (These books weigh a ton!). C) A comparison between two or more things that are similar in some way, but unlike in others. D) Expression with less strength than expected. E) A comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as.". 5. Something about the way he looked at me made me feel uneasy. A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 6. Sally and Johnny are going to get pizza tonight. They are getting it from their favorite pizza restaurant. This statement is: A) First Person. B) Third Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third Person. 7. Writing that is meant to be acted on a stage (a play) A) Poetry. B) Drama. C) Folklore. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drama. 8. "We could not believe Mrs. Waterbury's ..... that she had never heard of Rock and Roll. A) Aphorism. B) Anecdote. C) Assertion. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assertion. 9. Which type of imagery deals with "smell" ? A) Gustatory. B) Olfactory. C) Thermal. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olfactory. 10. Example:Hector became Superman and swooped in and rescued the cat from the burning building. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 11. Conceal, don't feel don't let them know/ Now they know A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 12. A stylistic add on to make something more exciting, interesting, or artistic A) Technique. B) Element. C) Device. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Technique. 13. When you describe an author's disposition concerning his/her topic as frustrated, enraged, joyous, excited, sympathetic, or sorrowful, you are describing his/her: A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Attitude. D) Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 14. In a dramatic movie, a family is heartbroken because their dog has run away. The audience knows that the dog is safe and that a nice family is trying to help him find his way home. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic. 15. ..... characters change quite a bit throughout a story. A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Cartoon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 16. "Beatty was looking at him as if he were a museum statue." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses. A) Setting. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 18. A widely known basic truth A) Adage. B) Simile. C) Analogy. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adage. 19. The juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth. A) Paradox. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 20. This is an expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region and cannot be interpreted literally. A) Paradox. B) Analogy. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. ← 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