This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 530 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 530 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The general atmosphere-the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader. A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Mood. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 2. A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself is a ..... A) Allusion. B) Poem. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 3. The general feeling created for the reader or audience by the work at a given point:atmosphere. A) Mood. B) Hyperbaton. C) Periphrasis. D) Simile. E) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 4. It is a literary device used when a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics. A) Personification. B) Suspense. C) Symbolism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. A certain feeling or "vibe" readers get from words and descriptions: A) Tone. B) Foreshadowing. C) Perspective. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 6. The development of a character in a text by showing the reader their actions. A) Conflict. B) Characterization. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Characterization. 7. It is a feeling the poet/writer is trying to convey. A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Rhyme. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 8. Writer uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. A) Conflict. B) Figurative language. C) Characterization. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 9. I am as quick as a fox. A) Simile. B) Not a simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. The authors choice of words ..... defines which term A) Dialogue. B) Symbol. C) Dialect. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 11. Boom! Clap!The sound of my heart A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 12. What literary device does the phrase "On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before" , contains? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. The emotional associations of words A) Mood. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 14. The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings. A) Limited omniscient point of view. B) Objective point of view. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective point of view. 15. Which of the options below defines the term hyperbole? A) A human quality given to an object. B) An extreme exaggeration. C) A self-contradictory statement. D) The imitation of a sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An extreme exaggeration. 16. A struggle between a character and an outside force, such as another character, society, fate, or force of nature A) Internal Conflict. B) External Conflict. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External Conflict. 17. Which is NOT an example of descriptive writing? A) A detailed description of a character's appearance. B) A vivid depiction of a sunset over the ocean. C) A step-by-step guide on how to bake a cake. D) An in-depth portrayal of a bustling city. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A step-by-step guide on how to bake a cake. 18. Hinting at future events in a story A) Foreshadowing. B) Inference. C) Rising action. D) Suspense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 19. This type of irony is where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense. A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) "Iron't" I funny?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 20. A made-up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction. A) Science fiction. B) History fiction. C) Fiction. D) Non fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History fiction. ← 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