This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 404 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 404 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word "dactyl" comes from the Greek meaning ..... A) Finger. B) Foot. C) Meter. D) Bum-diddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finger. 2. Third-person omniscient: A) Narrator is a character in the story; uses "I, " "we, " etc. B) Narrator outside the story; uses "he, " "she, " "they". C) Narrator tells only what one character perceives. D) Narrator can see into the minds of all characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narrator can see into the minds of all characters. 3. ..... are the people, animals, or ideas in a story. The development of the ..... is what moves the action, or plot, of the story forward. A) Characters. B) Settings. C) Conflicts. D) Point of Views. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characters. 4. A poetic device that compares two essentially unlike things, finding a certain similarity between them, and using "like" or "as" to make a comparison. A) Simile. B) Genre. C) Setting. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Giving human qualities, traits, or characteristics to nonhuman things A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. Which is an example of an epilogue? A) The first chapter of a book, like The Great Gatsby. B) The ending of The Crucible, when we found out what happened to Abigail after the trials. C) The poem "Harlem" which comes before the beginning of A Raisin in the Sun. D) A character who finds strength in herself, like Melinda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ending of The Crucible, when we found out what happened to Abigail after the trials. 7. When a protagonist goes against their environment, that falls under ..... A) Man v man. B) Man v technology. C) Man v nature. D) Man v self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man v nature. 8. Yoda's speech pattern, "Ready are you?" is called? A) Proper grammar. B) Juxtaposition. C) Improper spanish. D) Anastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anastrophe. 9. Reference made to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work. A) Diction. B) Allusion. C) 1st person POV. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 10. If I personify something, then I give it what? A) Non-human qualities. B) Characteristics. C) Dynamic character ability. D) Human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human qualities. 11. The flow of words throughout a meter A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhythm. 12. Imitate sounds. A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 13. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse'? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. "Making friends" and "sharing things with others" are common THEMES in children's books. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Example: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. C) Pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 16. The contrast between what a character in a story knows about a situation and what readers or viewers know about it A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) Not Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic Irony. 17. Which literary genre often includes a story within a story, where a main narrative serves as a framework for other smaller stories? A) Frame Story. B) Memoir. C) Narrative. D) Graphic Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frame Story. 18. "The hum of a thousand bees" is an example of A) Allusion. B) Imaginery. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 19. Literary devices are also called ..... A) Figurative Language. B) Fancy Words. C) Stylistic Language. D) Technical Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 20. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The world is a stage, we are merely players.'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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