This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 169 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 169 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) Play. D) Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedy. 2. When the story tells us the way a character is (their age, appearance) A) Indirect Characterization. B) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Characterization. 3. The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice is called ..... A) Mood. B) Euphemism. C) Tone. D) Repitition. E) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 4. A recipe or instruction manual would best represent which text structure type? A) Problem & solution. B) Compare & contrast. C) Cause & effect. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sequence. 5. A person says one thing and means another; closely related to sarcasm A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Allusion. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 6. The motto of the state ofWyoming is "Cedant armatogae." In this phrase TOGAE isan example of the rhetorical figure: A) Simile. B) Metonymy. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 7. I had heard the same tone a million times. A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Suspense. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. An extravagant exaggeration A) HYPERBOLE. B) SIMILE. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HYPERBOLE. 9. An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. A) Dystopia. B) Utopia. C) Theme. D) Foreshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dystopia. 10. Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities. A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 11. A fire station burns down. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 12. A reference to a well-known person, place, or event A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Theme. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 13. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Don't be such a Scrooge!'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 14. Which is an example of an EXTERNAL CONFLICT? A) Brian vs. tornadoLittle Red Riding Hood vs. WolfKatniss vs. the Capitol. B) Margot (from All Summer in a Day) or Little Red Riding Hood. C) The wolf to Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. D) Brian's decision of whether or not to tell his parents what he knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brian vs. tornadoLittle Red Riding Hood vs. WolfKatniss vs. the Capitol. 15. Which is the correct end mark for this sentence? Was this machine very large A) Period. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation point. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Question mark. 16. Time and place that the story is set A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 17. ..... government of the people, by the people, for the people ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Parallelism. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parallelism. 18. People or animals that are in the story. A) Setting. B) Characters. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characters. 19. What is the purpose of exposition in a literary work? A) To introduce background information about events, settings, characters, etc. B) To build towards the point of greatest interest in a literary plot. C) To occur after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. D) To actively oppose or be hostile to someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To introduce background information about events, settings, characters, etc. 20. God from the machine A) Deus ex machina. B) In medias res. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deus ex machina. ← 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