This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 358 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 358 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Every dead one has a name, only the names of the living make us falter. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 2. What is the best definition of the word foreshadowing? A) An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story. B) An object or idea given human qualities or a human form. C) An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments. D) A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments. 3. The emotional associations surrounding a word, as opposed to its literal meaning or denotation. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Juxtaposition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotation. 4. A reference to another famous, well-known work is a(n) A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 5. What is a play on words called? A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Conflict. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 6. Literary technique in which surface appearances or intentions are radically different (usually the opposite) from the real outcome. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 7. An expression in which two words that are opposite of each other are joined. A) Oxymoron. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 8. Recent studies showed that over 60% of remote students are not performing as well as in person students. A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Bias. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 9. "I haven't seen you in a million years!" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 10. A literary device that is used in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story. A) Setting. B) Resolution. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 11. Which literary device refers to a line break that interrupts the flow of a sentence? A) Alliteration. B) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjambment. 12. I would run across the country for a piece of that chocolate is an example of ..... A) Dialect. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. A character opposes societal norms or expectations. A) Person vs. self conflict. B) Person vs. person conflict. C) Person vs. nature conflict. D) Person vs. society conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Person vs. society conflict. 14. The clanging pots awoke the baby as Aya cleaned the dishes. What word is the onomatopoeia? A) Pots. B) Clanging. C) Dishes. D) Awoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clanging. 15. The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 16. Which literary device does this example represent? "Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in the sand." A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. Gives life to inanimate (non living) objects or makes animals human A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. Why do writers use irony? A) To create comparisons. B) To create tension. C) To create humor or a comedic effect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create humor or a comedic effect. 19. Multi-connectors A) And he gave nourishment to the dry land around him. B) East and West are rushing and multiplying. C) Thus the mouth was drawn. D) And the stern was overwhelmed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) East and West are rushing and multiplying. 20. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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