This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 346 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 346 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" has a direct meaning that makes it seem like Robert Frost was just out for a walk. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denotation. 2. I can still feel the icy chill of panic that hit me when I realized I was trapped. A) Personification. B) Rhetorical question. C) Metaphorical language. D) Emotive language. E) Visual imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphorical language. 3. In the meantime the sky begins with a great murmur of confusion, followed by a cloud mixed with hail, and the Counts of Tyria here and there, and the Trojan youth, and the grandson of Venus, fleeing in fear through the various fields; rivers rush down from the mountains. What literary device is found in line 160? A) Alliteration. B) Chiasmus. C) Unrelated. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 4. Usually the most intense point in a story ..... Aseries of struggles build a story orplay toward this A) Climax. B) Conflict. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 5. Which word indicates a tone of happiness to the following sentence:Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiance and their wedding plans. A) Vicinity. B) Wedding. C) Joyous. D) Plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joyous. 6. Type of poem typically set to music. Consists of stanzas that contain quatrains. A) Ballad. B) Haiku. C) Cinquain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballad. 7. He is like a mouse in front of the teacher. What is this an example of? A) Allusion. B) Flashback. C) Metapho. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 8. The life lesson or moral emphasized and shown through the text. What is the author stating about a certain topic? A) Irony. B) Symbolism. C) Theme. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 9. A phrase that means something completely different than the literal meaning of the words A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 10. The following which is not included in the comparison is? A) Sarcasm. B) Personification. C) Metonymy. D) Allerogs. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allerogs. 11. "The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies." A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. "I really wanted a camouflage shirt, but I couldn't find one" is an example of a/an A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Verbal irony. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 13. Identify the metaphor in the following sentences: A) Time is a friend, giving us moments in our lives. B) Time is a like clock, ticking away the hours. C) Time is as sneaky as a thief. D) Time is filled with stories of our lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time is a friend, giving us moments in our lives. 14. Mystery: A) A novel, story, or play involving a crime or secret activity and its gradual solution. B) A complete piece of writing, as a report or essay, that is part of a newspaper, magazine, or book. C) True writing, based on factual information. D) Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A novel, story, or play involving a crime or secret activity and its gradual solution. 15. "He pointed to the northeast corner, where fields and fruit trees were located ..... Never rains here. Never ..... the southeast corner, at the animal pens and barn ..... Alby pointed to the southwest corner, the forest area fronted with several sickly trees and benches." A) Setting. B) Imagery. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 16. The author's/speaker's perspective, argument, or position on a topic. A) Point of view. B) Point of view (informational). C) Theme. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of view (informational). 17. The underlying meaning or message about life of a story is called the ..... A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 18. The minutes just ticked by. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 19. I let out a silent scream as the cat walked through the door carrying a dead bird. A) Paradox. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 20. Delighted, peaceful, frustrated, and angry are all examples of words that could describe the author's ....., or attitude. A) Tone. B) Style. C) Metaphor. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. ← 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