This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 438 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 438 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Literary example #1:what device best fits this excerpt?"The color is repellent, almost revolting:a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight."-The Yellow Wallpaper A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 2. This type of allusion refers to a comparison that is openly in opposition to the source material. A) Self-reference. B) Casual reference. C) Single reference. D) Corrective allusion. E) Multiple references or conflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corrective allusion. 3. A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. A) Similarly. B) Anaphora. C) 2nd person POV. D) Extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extended metaphor. 4. Two ideas, places, or characters placed beside each other for contrasting effect. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Juxtaposition. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 5. A literary device that implies comparison by placing two entities side by side to create dramatic or ironic contrast, emphasizing their similarities or differences A) Juxtaposition. B) Paradox. C) Situational irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 6. What does the word "Perspective" mean? A) One way to spell a word. B) Two many ways for one person. C) A person's culture, language, and experience. D) Playing computer games all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person's culture, language, and experience. 7. A teacher says "great job genius" when handing you an "F" grade A) Verbal irony and sarcasm. B) Verbal irony only. C) Sarcasm only. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony and sarcasm. 8. What two things are being compared in the following simile? Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin. A) Sylvia's face and baby skin. B) Sylvia and her face. C) Lotion and Sylvia's face. D) Sylvia and lotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sylvia's face and baby skin. 9. My older brother is as tall as a ..... A) Coconut tree. B) Bat. C) Towel. D) Tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tree. 10. Select the example of a sentence fragment. A) Went to school. B) John loves puppies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went to school. 11. Why is the use of literary elements important in a story, and how do they enhance the reader's experience? A) They make the story longer and more detailed. B) They create a deeper connection between the reader and the characters. C) They make the story more difficult to understand. D) They serve no particular purpose in storytelling. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They create a deeper connection between the reader and the characters. 12. A word that has the same or similar meaning as another word A) Synonym. B) Antonym. C) Diction. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 13. Showing how Ponyboy changed from the beginning of the story to the end is an example of A) Setting. B) Point of view. C) Characterization. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 14. Language based on a comparison (non-literal phrases) A) Figurative Language. B) Diction. C) Syntax. D) Formal Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 15. A traffic cop getting his license suspended is an example of: A) Climax. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 16. Changes in some important way as a result of the story's action A) Dynamic character. B) Stage directions. C) Setting. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic character. 17. Which line(s) would be an alliteration:a.) Sally sat in the seat and sipped her soda. b.) Jan jumped around and ran to town. A) A. B) B. C) A and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 18. When people are exaggerating the statement its called? A) Drama. B) Hyperbole. C) Extremism. D) Flowery speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. When the character battles an inside force A) External conflict. B) Foreshadowing. C) Internal conflict. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal conflict. 20. Her eyes are mini-starlets dancing in the twilight. This sentence is exemplifying which literary device below: A) Simile. B) Synonym. C) Metaphor. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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