This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 138 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 138 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Overall feeling that a work of literature creates for readers (aka atmosphere) A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Point of view. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 2. What is a common theme shared by the poems "On Turning Ten" and "If" ? A) Death. B) Growing up. C) Fear of loss. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growing up. 3. A word's connotative meaning is A) Its dictionary meaning. B) The feeling associated with the word. C) The opposite. D) A synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The feeling associated with the word. 4. Which literary term refers to the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in a story? A) Foreshadowing. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 5. The words used to strike a mood A) Tone. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tone. 6. Opposite. A) Personification. B) Paradox. C) Setting. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 7. Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning A) SIMILE. B) PARADOX. C) SYMBOLISM. D) ALLITERATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SYMBOLISM. 8. A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 9. When events occur that are the opposite of what we expect to happen A) Irony. B) Suspense. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 10. They were fighting like cats and dogs. A) Simile. B) Not a simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery." A) Allegory. B) Paradox. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 12. Even though the class is loquacious, you must focus on the assignment so you can do well on the test. Your hard work will pay off in the end. A) 1st person POV. B) 2nd person POV. C) 3rd person POV. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd person POV. 13. Go the extra mile A) A way of asking what someone is thinking. B) To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation. C) Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person. D) To make a special effort/try very hard to achieve your goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make a special effort/try very hard to achieve your goal. 14. What is the literary device that compares the subject of the poem to another object or subject using words 'as' or 'like'? A) Simile. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Which punctuation is an exclamation mark? A) ?. B) . C) !. D) ( ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) !. 16. Frequently, fish tacos are flavorless. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. Techniques a writer uses to create and develop a character by what:*he/she does*other characters say about him/her, or how they react*the author reveals directly or through a narrator A) Satire. B) Irony. C) Figurative language. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 18. An open-ending story means ..... A) The conflict is resolved. B) All loose ends are tied up. C) The reader must draw their own conclusions. D) Everyone lives happily ever after. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The reader must draw their own conclusions. 19. A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. A) Personification. B) Tone. C) Analogy. D) Parallelism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 20. Author tells what character does and says, but readers draw their own conclusions about the character is known as which type of characterization? A) Indirect. B) Direct. C) First Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books