This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story. A) Narrative. B) Paradox. C) Motif. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 2. What is the purpose of using irony in literature? A) The purpose of using irony in literature is to emphasize the main theme. B) The purpose of using irony in literature is to make the story more predictable. C) The purpose of using irony in literature is to create a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. D) The purpose of using irony in literature is to confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The purpose of using irony in literature is to create a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. 3. A word, phrase, or idea that is repeated for effect A) Repetition. B) Theme. C) Voice. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 4. Kopper is the apple of my eye. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 5. What is the meaning of the allusion?My friend was being a total Scrooge when I asked her to share her M&Ms. A) Not wanting to share. B) Excited about sharing. C) Throwing them all away. D) Counting the M&Ms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not wanting to share. 6. Central Idea. A) The entire point the author makes, what the text is about. B) The reason why an author writes a text. C) The way an author feels about the subject they are writing about. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The entire point the author makes, what the text is about. 7. Freaky Fran fried four frogs. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts is called A) Connotation. B) Foreshadowing. C) Juxtaposition. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 9. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Noemi swims like a fish. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Which literary device makes things more alive by giving them human traits? A) Anaphora. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Identify the type of conflict:John and his best friend went out on a fishing boat. After a while out at sea, a huge storm came and both men struggled to stay aboard the boat. The violent winds and huge waves were overwhelming them with fear. A) Man vs. self. B) Man vs. man. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. nature. 12. Using descriptive writing to create images in the reader's mind A) Imagery. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. Presents action in the order in which it occurs A) Chronological. B) Flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) Deus ex machina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronological. 14. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in stressed syllables. It is often used to create melody, emphasize certain words, or create a particular mood. A) Dialect. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 15. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "I am in love with those two green apples you call eyes" (27). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. A figure of speech in which the importance or magnitude of something is minimized for ironic or comedic effect. A) Satire. B) Understatement. C) Overstatement. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 17. Child, kid, toddler, juvenile, youngster. A) Rhyme. B) 1st person point of view. C) Dysphemism. D) Semantic field. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Semantic field. 18. This literary device uses repeated sounds at the beginnings of words A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. This device is often used in poetry to enhance the meaning and beauty of poems A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. What is the definition for Oxymoron? A) Placing one character, idea, theme, object, setting, etc. parallel to another in order to compare and contrast the two. B) The purposeful over-exaggeration of a statement in order to create a more intense or over-the-top effect. C) Another character in a story that specifically contrasts the main character in order to emphasise the main character's attributes and values or compare the values of the two characters. D) Two contradictory words or concepts used together to create a strange or complex thing/idea that still makes sense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two contradictory words or concepts used together to create a strange or complex thing/idea that still makes sense. ← 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