This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 423 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 423 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a scene that takes place before a story begins? A) Prediction. B) Flashback. C) Memory. D) Nostalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 2. When the words used are opposite of what is meant literally (similar to sarcasm) A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. 3. How is main idea different from theme? A) Main idea is universal. B) Main idea is specific to the text. C) Main idea is an important idea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main idea is specific to the text. 4. What is the definition of sarcasm? A) The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. B) An ironic remark tempered by humor. C) A temporary state of mind or feeling. D) A scene in a movie or novel that is set in a time earlier than the main story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ironic remark tempered by humor. 5. When certain words together mean something unique A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Paradox. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 6. "The clock tower, standing as a sentinel, marked every hour with its solemn chime." This sentence uses ..... A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Flashback. E) Foreshadowing tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Which word means any poem that tells a story? A) Allusion. B) Acrostic. C) Narrative. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 8. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:She was a diamond as she entered the ballroom dressed in light blue. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. A theme of a story is ..... A) The author's attitude toward the subject. B) The atmosphere of the story. C) The geographical location of the story. D) A central idea in the narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A central idea in the narrative. 10. This comparison literary device DOES NOT use "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. Narrative of a person's life, a true story about a real person that is written by someone else is called? A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Fiction. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 12. The slight change of word or sound patterns that you find from one area of a country to the next. A) Dialect. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 13. "Its raining cats and dogs, " is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 14. Which literary device involves a play on words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings? A) Adage. B) Pun. C) Idiom. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 15. The dark clouds and distant rumbling hinted at an impending storm. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 16. Which two words are used in similes? A) And/or. B) But/no. C) Like/as. D) Is/so. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like/as. 17. The central idea of a literary work; often, it is described as a one-word noun A) Apostrophe. B) Theme. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 18. The atmosphere or feeling of a work A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Plot. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 19. Occurs right after the climax. A) Climax. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling Action. 20. "For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain." What is this quote an example of? A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← 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