Literary Devices Quiz

What is the term for a person or a real or personified animal or object that plays a part in a story?

• Setting

• Character

• Symbol

• Climax

What does the term "Setting" refer to in a story?

• The way an author reveals a character's personality traits

• The time and place in which a story takes place

• The turning point of the story

• A reference to a famous historical event

How does an author reveal a character's personality traits?

• By describing the setting

• Through characterization

• By using symbols

• By creating a cliffhanger

What is Direct Characterization?

• When the author shows you a character's personality through their actions

• When the author tells you what kind of 'person' a character is

• When the author uses symbols to represent ideas

• When the author gives hints about future events

What is Indirect Characterization?

• When the author tells you what kind of 'person' a character is

• When the author shows you a character's personality through their actions, speech, and thoughts

• When the author uses a flashback to reveal past events

• When the author leaves the reader in suspense

What is a Flashback in a story?

• When the author gives hints about future events

• When the author brings the reader back in time to relive past events

• When the author uses symbols to represent ideas

• When the author leaves the reader in suspense

What is Foreshadowing?

• When the author gives hints or clues that something might happen

• When the author brings the reader back in time

• When the author uses symbols to represent ideas

• When the author leaves the reader in suspense

What is a Symbol in literature?

• A reference to a famous historical event

• The turning point of the story

• Something that represents an idea or cluster of ideas

• The pattern a story follows

What is Irony in literature?

• When the author gives hints about future events

• When the opposite of what you expect happens

• When the author uses symbols to represent ideas

• When the author leaves the reader in suspense

What is a Cliffhanger?

• When the author gives hints about future events

• When the author brings the reader back in time

• When the author leaves the reader in suspense at the end of a chapter or book

• When the author uses symbols to represent ideas