This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 352 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 352 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Bittersweet Close distanceSerious funWorking vacation are all examples of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 2. Which sentence is written in 2nd person? A) I wanted to go to the mall, but COVID stopped me. B) She went to the mall, because no one could tell her what to do. C) You wanted to tell Ms. Jessica not to go to the mall, but was afraid that she would give you a failing grade. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You wanted to tell Ms. Jessica not to go to the mall, but was afraid that she would give you a failing grade. 3. Any element, idea, concept or subject that is constantly present throughout a literary piece is a(n) A) Motif. B) Theme. C) Symbol. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 4. Changes as a result of the story. A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dynamic character. 5. Kim had gone through her closet with her mom over the weekend. She remembered a new girl at school who always seemed to wear the same pants over and over. Kim wondered what she could do with the clothes. She handed the new girl a bag as she passed her in the hallway. A) Sacrifice is difficult sometimes. B) It's better to give than to receive. C) Friendship is the most important thing in life. D) It's important to be honest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's better to give than to receive. 6. Casually create catastrophes, casualtiesCancelling cats got their canopies collapsing A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. When the author gives hints about what a character is like, but it's never said clearly A) Personification. B) Direct characterization. C) Point of view. D) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect characterization. 8. Which question does the Author's Purpose answer? A) Who is the writer of this?. B) Why did the writer write this?. C) When was this piece important?. D) How should you feel about this?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why did the writer write this?. 9. Which literary device is used to give human qualities to non-human objects or ideas? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. How can you know that something is written in first person point of view? A) Pronouns like I, my and him are used. B) The author is addressing the reader. C) The narrator is not in the story. D) Pronouns like I, my and we are used. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pronouns like I, my and we are used. 11. "Don't worry, " the captain told the crew. "This ship is unsinkable." A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 12. A hint of something happening later on ..... A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 13. A hint at something to come later in a piece of literature (present, future, present) A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Flashback. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 14. The character opposing the protagonist A) Main character. B) Imagery. C) Antagonist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 15. Which is NOT one of the three kinds of irony? A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Jurassic Irony. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jurassic Irony. 16. How does internal conflict contribute to the development of a character in a story? A) It reveals the character's physical attributes and appearance. B) It provides insight into the character's thoughts and emotions. C) It determines the character's role within the plot. D) It determines the character's relationships with other characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provides insight into the character's thoughts and emotions. 17. The perspective in which a story is told: A) Narration. B) Exposition. C) Point of view. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 18. The time, place, or physical place in which a story takes place. A) Atmosphere. B) Connotation. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 19. What is a comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide. I wasn't surprised then ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Dramatic irony. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. 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