This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 555 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 555 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of NOT an example of Figurative Language? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Form. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form. 2. Characters speak to one another A) Foreshadowing. B) Idiom. C) Conflict. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 3. To ..... something is to look for differences among two or more elements, but ..... is to do the opposite, to look for similarities. A) Contrast and compare. B) Repetition. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrast and compare. 4. Loose sentence A) Can emphasize list of "too many" challenges or tasks that a subject must undertake/ overcome. B) A sentence structure in which amain clause is followed by one or more coordinate or subordinate phrases and clauses. C) The thought of a sentence isinterrupted by evidence or details, usually set off by a dash (2hyphens). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sentence structure in which amain clause is followed by one or more coordinate or subordinate phrases and clauses. 5. The central character of the story, often called the hero A) Antagonist. B) Dynamic character. C) Protagonist. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 6. What literary device is present in the line below?The sweet students suddenly screamed when they learned they learned they had to leave at 11:50 am. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. What point of view is this excerpt in: "She felt excited by the sunlight. She thought to herself that she would go outside to play some soccer before it got too late." A) Second person limited narrator. B) Third person omniscient narrator. C) First person limited narrator. D) First person omniscient narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third person omniscient narrator. 8. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the attitude that an author shows towards his or her subject A) Point of view. B) Mood. C) Motif. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 9. What do we call the voice of the poem? A) The poet's name. B) Speaker. C) Voicer. D) There is not a name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speaker. 10. What is the series of conflicts or problems before the most exciting part of the story called? A) Inciting incident. B) Falling action. C) Rising action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rising action. 11. Chronological events are interrupted to go back to prior events is known as which literary device? A) Flashforward. B) Irony. C) Flashback. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flashback. 12. Which is not an example of Simile? A) The rivers and streams are even more densely covered like spider webs. B) The meeting was not as romantic as in To Vu's music. C) It was such a big funeral that even the person in the coffin had to smile. D) The Da River flows long like a lyrical hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was such a big funeral that even the person in the coffin had to smile. 13. What literary device is used when readers are aware of something the characters are not? A) Foreshadowing. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 14. Refers to the overall mood and message of your book A) Repetition. B) Tone. C) Synecdoche. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These sounds filled my head. I thought of nothing other than the next step and keeping my tempo. I soared over the sidewalks like concrete clouds. A) Third Person Objective. B) First person. C) Second Person. D) Third Person Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First person. 16. A literary genre is also known as literary ..... A) Composition. B) Academic text. C) Essay. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composition. 17. "LIFE IS A JOURNEY" GUESS THE LITERARY DEVICE A) ALLITERATION. B) SIMILE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 18. A man who owns a lawn maintenance business cannot get grass to grow in his own backyard. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 19. A character with many personality traits is a(n) ..... A) Round character. B) Flat character. C) Main character. D) Static character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Round character. 20. The leading character in a literary work-generally the "good guy" A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Characterization. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. ← 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