This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 86 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 86 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A story structured within a story A) Diction. B) Conflict. C) Foreshadowing. D) Frame device. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frame device. 2. "Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better, " is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Anaphora. C) Colloquialism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 3. "My love is a rose, delicate and beautiful." In this line, love is being compared to a rose, using: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Which literary device is defined as excessive pride or self-confidence? A) Hubris. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubris. 5. True or false:you should use direct quotes in BOTH a summary AND an analysis A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. An author's choice of words based on theircorrectness, clearness, or effectiveness A) Diction. B) Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 7. "Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe's boots broke the forest's silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket." This passage is a good example of an author's use of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 8. Identify the type of figurative language being used below-I have died everyday, waiting for youDarling, don't be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 9. The sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed A) Plot. B) Dilemma. C) Subplot. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 10. When something hints to a later event in the story A) Flashback. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Point of View. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 11. When we refer to this, we are referring to a person's weakness or the place where they are vulnerable A) Achilles' Heel. B) Bedlam. C) Catch-22. D) Crocodile Tears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achilles' Heel. 12. The speaker's attitude about the subject. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 13. Which task did Rosa Huberman do to earn money? A) Clean floors. B) Cook. C) Polish silver. D) Laundry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laundry. 14. The use of exaggeration for effect. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 15. A writer's arrangement of words A) Diction. B) Language. C) Syntax. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 16. Which among the following is an example of a metaphor? A) Her hair is like a flowing golden river. B) Her hair is a flowing golden river. C) Her hair is so long I wanted to cut all off. D) Her hair dances along the breeze of the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her hair is a flowing golden river. 17. The PROTAGONIST is always the good person in a story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using the connective words like or as A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 19. Things happen in a specific order over a period of time A) Compare. B) Contrast. C) Problem. D) Chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological order. 20. A literary technique that uses humor, irony, or ridicule to criticize or mock people, society, or politics. A) Sarcasm. B) Analogy. C) Logos. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satire. ← 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