This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 356 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 356 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A girl wakes up late for school and quickly rushes to get there. As soon as she arrives, though, she realizes that it's Saturday and there is no school.What kind of irony is this? A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Nonverbal Irony . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 2. Use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense A) Allegory. B) Stage direction. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 3. A book written about one's own life is called A) Plot. B) Narrative. C) Autobiography. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 4. The person who tells the story. Could be first, second or third person. A) Narrator. B) Narrator and conflict. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. 5. Which does not belong to the group? A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Operatic. D) Dramatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operatic. 6. "Mr. Neck makes a note in his book. 'I knew you were trouble the first time I saw you. I've taught here for twenty-four years and I can tell what's going on in a kid's head just by looking in their eyes" ' (9) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 7. The teller of the story. A) Narrator. B) Narrative. C) Point of view. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. 8. What is the purpose of using understatement in a political cartoon, according to Trisha, Savar and Shaurya? A) To downplay the importance of an issue. B) To make a point about a political issue. C) To create a sense of humor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. Juxtaposes concepts with opposing meanings within a word or phrase that creates an apparent self-contradiction. Can be used to illustrate a a paradox. A) Dramatic Irony. B) Anacoluthon. C) Healing. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 10. Which part of a story's plot shows the final outcome? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax. D) Falling Action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Resolution. 11. What is main character of a story called? A) Supporting character. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 12. The feelings the author creates using words A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Imagery. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 13. In a story, 2 characters are having a verbal argument= A) Person vs. religion. B) Person vs. society. C) Internal conflict. D) Person vs. person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person vs. person. 14. This figure of speech that gives animals or objects human characteristics. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. The outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected is called ..... A) Irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 16. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve wild and untamed nature. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is the purpose of personification in a story? A) To create suspense and build anticipation. B) To compare two unlike things using like or as. C) To convey a deeper meaning beyond the literal interpretation. D) To give human qualities to non-human things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give human qualities to non-human things. 18. "We have. in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread."The use of the bread here is an example of ..... A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 19. What type of figurative language is shown below:Chester Cheetah chomped on chunks of chewy cheddar cheese. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. What literary device uses an object or action that means something other than its literal meaning? A) Symbolism. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashback. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. ← 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