This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 407 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 407 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He has no enemies but is bitterly disliked by his friends. A) SARCASM. B) IRONY. C) PUN. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) IRONY. 2. Her boss have to let her go because of her incompetence in the company. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Antimetabole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 3. Motto or quotation that appears at the beginning of a work that generally relates to the theme of a work, for example, "What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun?" A) Oxymoron. B) Historical context. C) Motif. D) Epigraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epigraph. 4. A loud blast from its whistle A) Imagery. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 5. A tragic flaw, especially a misconception, a lack of some important insight, or some blindness that ironically results from one's own strengths and abilities. A) Connotation. B) Denotation. C) Hamartia. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamartia. 6. Which is the definition of "alliteration" ? A) Repeating vowel sounds. B) Repeating words. C) Repeating things. D) Repeating beginning consonant sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repeating beginning consonant sounds. 7. Using something to represent an idea larger than itself A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Symbolism. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 8. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.Tis some visitor, " I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door ..... A) End Rhyme. B) Internal Rhyme. C) Eye Rhyme. D) Slant Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Rhyme. 9. Which of these sentences contains an example of hyperbole? A) The room was hotter than the air outside. B) The room was almost as hot as an oven. C) The room was so hot my face melted. D) The room was very hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The room was so hot my face melted. 10. These are comparison devices A) Alliteration & Assonance. B) Simile & Metaphor. C) Hyperbole and Pun. D) Imagery & Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile & Metaphor. 11. What is a unit of a pronounced word or part of a word that has one vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants? A) Connotative. B) Denotative. C) Syllable. D) Dramatic Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syllable. 12. He hit me like a wrecking ball ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. The moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot (marks the moment when the conflict is decided one way or another). A) Resolution. B) Conclusion. C) Climax. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 14. A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by saying something is something else. It does not use like or as. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 15. The type of character that is there to complement major character describes ..... A) Major character. B) Minor character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor character. 16. Define setting. A) Time period of the story. B) Place where the story takes place. C) Time period and where the story takes place. D) Correct answer is not listed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time period and where the story takes place. 17. How is the problem/conflict in the storysolved? A) Resolution. B) Exposition. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resolution. 18. When a character thinks about something that has happened in the past, it is called a ..... A) Cliffhanger. B) Static. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 19. You are such a big baby! A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Zoomorphism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 20. Which of the following answers is a correct example of Theme in "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata? A) The struggle of fitting into societal norms. B) The protagonist works in a grocery store. C) The story is set in Japan. D) The protagonist is a woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The struggle of fitting into societal norms. ← 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