This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 400 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 400 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Economically disadvantaged is a euphemism for ..... A) Lost. B) Without a job. C) Poor. D) Rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poor. 2. Turkey A) Pilgrim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pilgrim. 3. In the movie, Jaws, when a young man is laying on a float in the ocean, and the camera angle is shown underwater getting closer to his legs with intense music playing in the background, this would be an example of what? A) Foreshadowing. B) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 4. When the narrator uses pronouns such as "I, " and "me" A) First person. B) Second person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 5. A phrase when taken literally means something different than it does figuratively. A) Irony. B) Idioms. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idioms. 6. Literary example #2:what device best fits this excerpt?"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas ..... "-The Highway man by Alfred Noyes A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. Story structures where the writer incorporates two or more separate stories, linked by a common character, event, or theme A) Setting. B) Subplot. C) Parallel plot. D) Line plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallel plot. 8. Describing something non-human with human qualities A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. When a character has a conflict with something in the world ex; sickness A) Man vs man. B) Man vs nature. C) Man vs self. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Man vs nature. 10. "For Alabama limits the children's work at night to eight hours, while New Jersey permits it all night long." A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Contrast. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 11. My children are my sunshine, and they can brighten any gloomy day. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. What is the effect of using alliteration in writing? A) To create a monotonous and boring quality to the text. B) To add complexity and depth to the text. C) To create a rhythmic and memorable quality to the text. D) To make the text more difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To create a rhythmic and memorable quality to the text. 13. "Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walkwithout having feet" (3-4) A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. "We'll not carry coals" is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 15. Gary shuffled in, spilled the contents of his briefcase everywhere and caused his co-worker to trip as a result. He brought a storm of messiness and incompetence everywhere he went. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Tone. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 16. This type of irony occurs when what happens is different from what is expected. A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 17. A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions is known as A) Theme. B) Mood. C) Symbolism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 18. The city's oldest building stood directly next to its most modern one. A) Symbolism. B) Juxtaposition. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition. 19. The central idea refers to what the text is mainly about. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. What are the most common forms of narrative, or point of view? A) First Person, Third person (limited), Second person, Third person (omniscient). B) A spoken or written account of connected events; a story. C) Any story created by the imagination and, therefore, not based strictly on history or fact. D) A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Person, Third person (limited), Second person, Third person (omniscient). ← 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