This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 343 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 343 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I went to the mall" is an example of ..... A) 4th person Point-of-View. B) 1st person Point-of-View. C) 2nd person Point-of-View. D) 3rd person Point-of-View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st person Point-of-View. 2. Which word refers to a platitude or overused expression? A) Cliche. B) Gullible. C) Choleric. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliche. 3. This is an important plot device often used in stories, plays in movies and sometimes even in poetry wherein the reader or the audience know more about the cause of conflict, impending resolution or the prevailing situation in the story than the other characters involved. A) Verbal Irony. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 4. When the narrator knows everything, the thoughts and feelings of all characters, this is ..... A) Limited point of view. B) Omniscient point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omniscient point of view. 5. Come slowly, Eden Lips unused to thee. Bashful, sip thy jasmines, As the fainting bee, Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums, Counts his nectars-alights, And is lost in balms! A) Limerick. B) Free Verse. C) Alliteration. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 6. Which one of these sentences does NOT use the interrogative verb mood? A) Where are all of the mugs?. B) If I were able to fly, I would be sitting on a rooftop!. C) How many sensors were in the box?. D) How did you know?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I were able to fly, I would be sitting on a rooftop!. 7. A reference to a well-known person, place, or thing outside of the story A) Analogy. B) Allusion. C) Generalization. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. "As the sun goes down and rises each day, so does our opportunity to start over and begin a new day." A) Analogy (a comparison of two things). B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy (a comparison of two things). 9. What is the tone of the sentence 'The slimy eyeball squeaked in its socket as the pus oozed out of it.'? A) Disgusted. B) Excited. C) Sad. D) Surprised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disgusted. 10. The sun shone like a bright ball of fire. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. 3rd Omniscient A) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from one character's perspective. B) When the narrator is in the story, and the reader sees from their perspective. C) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from all characters' perspectives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the narrator is not in the story, and the reader sees from all characters' perspectives. 12. Like a cavern; large and hollow. A) Cavernous. B) Trill. C) Perilous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cavernous. 13. What is the purpose of using irony in a political cartoon, according to Kavish, Vriti and Vaishnavi? A) To make a point about a political issue. B) To create a sense of humor. C) To show the hypocrisy of a political figure. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. "Tom and Jerry are mean and sneaky." A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 15. Two seemingly unlike things that actually go together; Ex:Jumbo shrimp A) Onomatopoeia. B) Pun. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 16. What does Alliteration? A) The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman or the representation of an abstract quality in human. B) A thing that represents or stands for something else especially a material object representing something abstract. C) The occurrence of the sakke letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely conned words. D) Is an advaced sign or warning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The occurrence of the sakke letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely conned words. 17. How would you describe a flat character? A) We do not know much about them. B) We know a lot about them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We do not know much about them. 18. Situational irony refers to: A) The contrast between characters. B) An instance when the opposite of what's expected occurs in a plot. C) The use of exaggerated language for emphasis. D) A character's humorous or sarcastic remarks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An instance when the opposite of what's expected occurs in a plot. 19. The highest point of action A) Falling action. B) Climax. C) Resolution. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. 20. "Meow, " the cat announced as he entered the room. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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