This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 413 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 413 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (a) An object, idea or animal is given human attributes. In the movie 'Cars' the vehicles are designed with human characteristics. A) A personification. B) Verbal irony. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A personification. 2. In "Checkouts" the boy and the girl like each other, but THEY don't know that! We, the reader, does know though! A) Situational irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 3. Outcome A) The last event of the story which tells how the story ends; it explains whether the main character met his/her challenge. B) What happens in the story told in chronological order. C) The meaning of a story, what it reveals about human nature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The last event of the story which tells how the story ends; it explains whether the main character met his/her challenge. 4. A two-word paradox sometimes called a contradiction in terms A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 5. ..... is an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. A) Juxtaposition. B) Sarcasm. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 6. Next to Ms. Douglas, almost any student looks tall. A) Foreshadowing. B) Symbolism. C) Motif. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtaposition. 7. Used to reference another object outside of the work of literature. The object can be a real or fictional person, event, quote, or other work of artistic expression. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 8. The bee's knees were free. What device are they using here? A) Rhyming. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyming. 9. You asked him nicely to borrow his pencil, but Pete yelled, "No! If you didn't come prepared, it's not my fault!" What character trait describes Pete? A) Inconsiderate. B) Upset. C) Selfish. D) Mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inconsiderate. 10. Definition-An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence. A) Conflict. B) Flashback. C) Point of view. D) Theme. E) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 11. A reference to anything from art, history, mythology, The Bible, Shakespeare, et cetera A) Personification. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 12. "Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives" (Mercutio to Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet). What is "King of Cats" ? A) Simile. B) Epithet. C) Oxymoron. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithet. 13. Which poetic device appears in the following lines?Do you know what I love about the sea?It's like her waves are hands reaching out to you. Saying come in and play. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. Appears to be self-contradictory but is actually true A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 15. A type of narrative that uses characters and plots to depict abstract ideas and themes. A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Anachronism. E) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 16. What is the purpose of a flashback? A) To introduce the reader to all of the characters. B) To give the reader a hint at what is going to happen in the future. C) To give the reader background information to learn more about a character or a situation. D) To give the reader the setting of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give the reader background information to learn more about a character or a situation. 17. The attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 18. Time travel is exhausting. It took me 200 million years to realize that. Well, actually it only took me a few seconds, but I first realized it about 200 million years ago. That was the first time that I traveled through time. "Try it!" said the mad scientist. "History needs you, " he told me. I went with my gut. What is the point of view? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person limited. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 19. Foreshadowing can create all of the following EXCEPT A) Anticipation. B) Suspense. C) Tension. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humor. 20. Read the sentence below. The word tranquil has a ..... connotation. The baby looked tranquil as he slept. A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive. ← 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