This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 349 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 349 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am a deeply superficial person. A) Hyperbole. B) Epigraph. C) Oxymoron. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 2. When finding an overarching idea, general topic, or big idea of a text, you (as the reader) are finding the ..... A) Big idea. B) Thematic statement. C) Theme. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 3. The series of events that occur between the climax and the end of the text and lower the tension in the story. A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Concluding incident. D) Tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falling action. 4. The literary device, Point of View, means ..... A) The emotional feeling of a story. B) The setting and time of a story. C) The perspective from which a story is told. D) The main theme of a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The perspective from which a story is told. 5. The horse whinnied and leapt forward, eager to start the race. A) F. Naming. B) A. Simile. C) B. Metaphor. D) C. Hyperbole. E) D. Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. Naming. 6. An example of this device is: "Less is more." A) Contrast. B) Paradox. C) Comparison. D) Parable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 7. The perspective from which a story is told, or who's telling the story. A) Character. B) Plot. C) Tone. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Point of view. 8. Marisol Doesn't Match is what type of genre? A) Realistic Fiction. B) Non Fiction. C) Auto biography. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realistic Fiction. 9. The laughter of children echoed through the playground, bringing a sense of joy and happiness. A) Visual imagery. B) Auditory imagery. C) Olfactory imagery. D) Gustatory imagery. E) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auditory imagery. 10. The end of the story, where the final outcome is revealed A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resolution. 11. The story is told by one of its characters, using the first person A) First person point of view. B) Limited omniscient. C) Omniscient point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person point of view. 12. "Sweat slicking his skin" A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. ..... takes place when the audience knows what one or more of the people on stage does not know. A) Suspense. B) Dramatic irony. C) Satire. D) Dark humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 14. What does imagery do for the reader? A) Creates a picture in the book. B) Creates an interesting plot. C) Creates a picture in the reader's mind. D) Makes the author look good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates a picture in the reader's mind. 15. A sequence of related events A) Plot. B) Character. C) Inference. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 16. What is the foreshadow in this passage? "NOW, my dears, " said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden:your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor. A) That the rabbits are going to go play. B) That the rabbits are going to go to the lake to take a swim. C) The rabbits are curious and are going to go to Mrs. McGregor's garden to see what is in there. D) That the rabbits are going to go down the lain and into the field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rabbits are curious and are going to go to Mrs. McGregor's garden to see what is in there. 17. She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door. A) Transferred epithet. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. Giving non-human objects human characteristics is ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. Why are mice afraid of porcupines? A) Porcupines will eat all of their food. B) Porcupines eat mice. C) Porcupines don't like owls. D) Porcupines plan to take over Gray House. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Porcupines eat mice. 20. What literary device was used in the following example, "The gate banged loudly and heavy footsteps came toward the door." A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Foreshadowing. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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