This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 422 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 422 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Character type that remains the same throughout the story A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Static character. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Static character. 2. What is the definition for Syntax? A) The way a sentence is constructed-short, long, fragmented, compound, complex, etc. B) A motif is an idea, symbol, object, concept or theme that is always present throughout an entire text, playing a significant and/or symbolic role in the narrative. C) A question that is asked without the intent of receiving an answer because the answer itself is obvious. D) The act of referring to something not by its actual name but by a figurative name or the name of something associated with it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way a sentence is constructed-short, long, fragmented, compound, complex, etc. 3. What is the malapropism in this example? "The children who witnessed the robbery were dramatized." A) Children. B) Witnessed. C) Robbery. D) Dramatized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dramatized. 4. A ..... is a struggle between two opposing forces. A) Conflict. B) Theme. C) Setting. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 5. "Hear the mellow wedding bells" by Edgar Allen Poe. Is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 6. The black cat circled its target, marking it for its master. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 7. The author's use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story A) Metaphor. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 8. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or clause. Ex: "We came, we saw, we conquered." A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Simile. D) Paraphrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 9. A word's feeling behind the actual meaning is called ..... A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Epiphany. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 10. ..... is where the characters, setting, conflict are introduced A) Exposition. B) Climax. C) Falling action. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 11. Someone who tells the story either in the first, second or third person point of view. A) Narrator. B) Omniscient perspective. C) Limited perspective. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrator. 12. "The oil danced in a pan" is what type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. Giving an animal or a nonliving object human qualities. A) Motif. B) Foreshadowing. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 14. Which sentence shows a comma separating an introductory word? A) However I am very good, at math. B) Unfortunately we do not have, enough time. C) Wait, is there another way?. D) Yes I, would like more water please. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wait, is there another way?. 15. What two words help you identify simile in a text? A) "as" and "like". B) "because" and "why". C) "cause" and "effect". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "as" and "like". 16. What are these examples of?The color white The transition from morning to nightA riverA storm A) Imagery. B) Illusion. C) Allusion. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 17. Use of a person, place, thing, or idea to stand for something else A) Symbolism. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 18. Mrs. Reynolds moved in Manila last Monday morning to make amends to her mother A) Euphemism. B) Irony. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 19. A one-dimensional character is a(n) ..... A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Main character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat character. 20. Hearing the story from the perspective of one of the characters (uses "I", "me", "we") A) 1st person. B) Play/drama. C) Setting. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st person. ← 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