This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 465 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 465 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The general feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing created A) Tone. B) Allusion. C) Mood. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 2. Occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected wouldhappen A) Imagery. B) Dialect. C) Author's Style. D) Irony of Situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony of Situation. 3. A description of taste/touch/smell/sight/sound A) Imagery. B) Sensory details. C) Metaphors. D) Character development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory details. 4. The central idea or message in a work of literature. A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 5. These are series of events in the story which have a causal relationship with eachother. A) Character. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 6. A conflict within a character's own mind/heart A) External conflict. B) Internal conflict. C) Theme. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 7. "My jacket, that green ugly brother who breathed over my shoulder" is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. This is an example of which literary device? Life is a highwayI wanna ride it all night long A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. What do the Christian characters in the play embody? A) Mercy. B) Love and civility. C) It is unclear. D) Consistency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is unclear. 10. "Past the ghosts of evergreens." A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur A) Paradox. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 12. True or False:Common nouns are always capitalized. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments. A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 14. All the methods used by an author to develop a character. A) Characterization. B) Subject. C) Tone. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 15. "Much Madness is divinest Sense-/ To a discerning Eye-/ Much Sense-the starkest Madness-/ 'Tis the Majority" A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Paradox. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 16. Schools should require students to wear uniforms on a daily basis due to the fact that students will experience less peer pressure, parents will spend less money on clothing, and schools will see a reduction of violence between students. A) Thesis. B) Irony. C) Tone. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thesis. 17. One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Foreshadowing. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 18. What literary device do these lines use:Ontario cannot competewith the Northwest in raising wheat. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. In "The Gift of the Magi, " what does the woman sell to buy her husband a gift? A) Hair combs. B) Her long hair. C) A watch chain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her long hair. 20. When a word refers totally a different meaning than its original meaning. A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. ← 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