This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 363 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 363 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Provides background info about setting and characters; suggests conflicts A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 2. "I pity the fool, " is an example of: A) Idiom. B) Pun. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 3. When reading of literary analysis essay, you should focus on everything EXCEPT: A) Author's word choice (diction). B) Character thoughts and actions. C) Theme. D) If the stories were good or boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If the stories were good or boring. 4. When a character has a conflict with themselves A) Man vs Nature. B) Man vs Man. C) Man vs Self. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs Self. 5. Ambiguous is a(n) A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 6. The central, main character of a story is called the ..... A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonizer. D) Instigator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 7. "Her head is in the clouds."What does it mean? A) She is not paying attention. B) She is flying. C) She is floating in the clouds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is not paying attention. 8. A story within a story. It has a "surface story" and another story hidden underneath. For example, the surface story might be about two neighbors throwing rocks at each other's homes, but the hidden story would be about war between countries. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 9. Many meanings of a word. A) Denotation. B) Paradox. C) Inference. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 10. Definition:A common expression special to a language that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 11. The fog comeson little cat feet.It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. Frolicking freely in the streets of France A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. Writing that is concerned with the beauty of language A) Drama. B) Poetry. C) Folklore. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 14. An attitude of the author conveyed through the word choice and sentence structure a writer utilizes A) Allusion. B) Imagery. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 15. Which type of imagery is associated with the sense of taste? A) Auditory. B) Visual. C) Gustatory. D) Tactile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gustatory. 16. In the phrase 'The sun's rays kissed the earth', which literary device is being used? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Which device is "the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words" ? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire's drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 19. We are in the cockpit of an airplane. The plane hits turbulence and the captain struggles to regain control. It doesn't last long, and everything is soon seemingly fine again. What could this be foreshadowing? A) The plane may land safely. B) The plane may crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plane may crash. 20. Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation A) Figurative language. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. ← 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