This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 89 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 89 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. From which point of view is the story of Illegal told? A) Ebo's point of view. B) Kwame's point of view. C) Nuru's point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ebo's point of view. 2. She reminded us to pack extra clothes to stay warm at night, but I thought she was just being messy. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 3. A narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted. A) Unreliable Narrator. B) Tone. C) Simile. D) Foil character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unreliable Narrator. 4. A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. "No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." A) Juxtaposition. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition. 6. The main idea or message of the story; it is a true message regardless of time is the definition for ..... A) Plot. B) Characterization. C) Theme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 7. What is parody? A) A serious and solemn imitation of a work. B) A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original. C) A respectful and reverent imitation of a work. D) A light-hearted and cheerful imitation of a work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comic imitation of a work that ridicules the original. 8. Choose the correct option."A hyperbole is A) A simile. B) A drama. C) An exaggeration. D) An irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An exaggeration. 9. Rhetorical Question A) A question used more as a statement for greater emphasis; no formal answer is expected. B) A play upon words, mostly for witty or humourous effect. C) The repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis. D) Giving human qualities to nonhuman things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A question used more as a statement for greater emphasis; no formal answer is expected. 10. Laura wants to watch her favorite TV show tonight but knows she has a huge Social Studies test tomorrow. What type of conflict is this? A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. self. C) Character vs. nature. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs. self. 11. ..... is a figurative language in which nonhuman things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Illusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. Something in the story which has both a literal and figurative meaning and which helps the reader better understand is called a(n) ..... A) Symbol. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 13. What is the sequence of events involving characters and conflict called? A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Character. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 14. The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Analogy. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. What is 3rd Person Point of View? A) The story is told by the main character, using I. B) The story is told by an outsider, using He/She. C) Exaggeration. D) Comparison with like/as. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The story is told by an outsider, using He/She. 16. Read the following words:biography biology autobiography The root bio most likely means ..... A) Death. B) Life. C) Similar. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 17. A long speech spoken by one character in front of other characters. A) Aside. B) Monologue. C) Allusion. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monologue. 18. Central character in a work who moves toward a successful resolution to the conflict(s) A) Flat character. B) Protagonist. C) Antagonist. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 19. What is the term for giving person-like traits to inanimate objects? A) Pastiche. B) Personification. C) Rhetoric. D) Satire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. A/an ..... is an idea or symbol that occurs throughout the text. A) Motif. B) Extended metaphor. C) Symbol. D) Metonymy. 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