This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 523 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 523 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The literary device, Theme, means ..... A) The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. B) The repetition of initial consonant sounds. C) A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole. D) The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. 2. A minor story that runs inside the main story A) Stream of consciousness. B) Narration. C) Subplot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subplot. 3. Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry A) Meter. B) Fiction. C) Theme. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 4. A character who goes through changes throughout the course of a story A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Round character. D) Flat character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 5. "They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water." A) Analogy. B) Unconnected. C) Connotation. D) Hyperbaton. E) Periphrasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 6. First person narrative method: A) You, your-The narrator is talking directly to the reader. B) I, me, we, our-The narrator is one of the characters in the story and is telling his or her own story. C) They, theirs, she, hers, he, his-The narrator is telling a story about other people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I, me, we, our-The narrator is one of the characters in the story and is telling his or her own story. 7. How many Acts are in 'No Sugar'? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 8. There are two syllables in the word A) Lyric. B) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyric. 9. -"Romeo's a dishclout to him" A) Hyperbole. B) Foreshadowing. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. This type of character undergoes an important change in a story, like The Cowardly Lion or Beast in Beauty and the Beast. A) Dynamic. B) Static. C) Stock. D) Minor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic. 11. A metrical foot with a long syllable followed by 2 short syllables (-uu) A) Dactyl. B) Spondee. C) Meter. D) Iamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dactyl. 12. A German word for "coming of age", usually a teen's transition to adulthood or sometimes a hero's quest for a specific goal. A) Bildungsroman. B) Alliteration. C) Tragic flaw. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bildungsroman. 13. Mama-Denotation A) Repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words. B) Female parent. C) Female parent who loves and cares for me. D) A word that imitates the sound it represents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Female parent. 14. String of words with same initial consonant sound A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. Problem or struggle the main characters are facing A) Pun. B) Conflict. C) Allegory. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 16. How do Scrooge's words about poor people dying come back to haunt him? A) He wishes he would have given Crachit a Christmas bonus so they would have a plentiful dinner. B) He has now put Tiny Tim's face to poor people and cannot bear the thought of him dying. C) He now sees how poor the poor people actually are. D) He knows who the poor people actually are and is upset he could have said that about anyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has now put Tiny Tim's face to poor people and cannot bear the thought of him dying. 17. The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head. A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 18. ShankShuck-faceSlopperBaggerKlunkKeeperSlim yourself A) Dialogue. B) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 19. The attitude of a writer toward a subject is called ..... A) Active Voice. B) Tone. C) Motif. D) Juxtaposition. E) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 20. The general atmosphere-the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Mood. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. ← 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