This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 445 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 445 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary device deals with the feelings that a specific word creates? A) Diction. B) Connotation. C) Personification. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 2. The repetition of words at the beginning of a clause A) Shape. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 3. In the summer, Jenna went to the town pool with her brother every day.This is an example of which plot event? A) The conflict of the story. B) The rising action. C) The exposition. D) The resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The exposition. 4. What are context clues? A) They are hints that can be found in a sentence. B) All of the above. C) They help explain the meaning of a word or phrase. D) They help provide a context of meaning and clarity to an intended message. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the above. 5. Which is an example of Limited Third Narration? A) I wanted to color on the walls so I peered around to see if mom was looking. B) He was struck with fear seeing sparks fly out of the cats eyes at him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was struck with fear seeing sparks fly out of the cats eyes at him. 6. I was so tired after school, I slept for a mouth! A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. How do you identify the theme in literature? A) Identify the main characters. B) Identify the story's plot and primary conflict. C) Identify the literary devices. D) Identify the protagonist of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Identify the story's plot and primary conflict. 8. What is the purpose of a motif in literature? A) To engage one or more of the senses through writing or language. B) To create theme in literature. C) To describe something by comparing it to something else. D) To highlight the traits of a character by contrasting them with another character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create theme in literature. 9. Which term refers to a short and interesting story or amusing event used to support or demonstrate a point? A) Myth. B) Parable. C) Anecdote. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 10. What inference can you make about the narrator of the text? A) The narrator is a poet. B) The narrator enjoys working with animals. C) The narrator enjoyed his/her time at the shelter, and will return again. D) The narrator is a dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The narrator enjoyed his/her time at the shelter, and will return again. 11. The literary device that is an exaggeration A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. Giving human traits to non-living objects A) Analogy. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. There was a lion who liked scaring mice. The lion scared them all the time. But one day the lion was caught in a net. The mice felt sorry for him and chewed through the net. They set the lion free, and so the lion never scared the mice again.What did the lion learn? A) To be nicer to the mice. B) To roar as loudly as possible. C) That lions never need help. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be nicer to the mice. 14. What literary device is illustrated below: "Life is a journey" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place A) Main idea. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 16. Links the objects, characters and events of a story with meanings beyond the literal meaning of the story A) Cliche'. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 17. This literary device combines two very unlike things to make a point A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 18. Which of the following phrases is an alliteration? A) She cooked her favorite food in the church. B) The Philippines received million doses of vaccines. C) Charlie cheats on cheat-sheets. D) Mark debunks COVID-19 misinformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charlie cheats on cheat-sheets. 19. A comparison between two things to better understand a concept A) Generalization. B) Tone. C) Analogy. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 20. Why do writers use similes in their writing? A) Because they are creative. B) Because they show comparisons of characteristics. C) Because they are funny. D) None of above. 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