This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue. A) Taste. B) Touch. C) Sight. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste. 2. "Suzie sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of what? A) Allegory. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. It's garbage day and Kimberly knows that it is her brother's turn to take out the trash. He says it is not his turn. What type of conflict is this? A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. self. C) Character vs. nature. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character vs. character. 4. True or false? In Gothic literature, the past rarely influences the present. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.' A) Metaphor. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 6. Character in conflict with the main character A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 7. The atmosphere or feeling that a writer creates in a piece of literature through language. A) Tone. B) Symbolism. C) Imagery. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 8. We have to use the clues the author gives us to determine what a character's personality is like A) Indirect characterization. B) Direct characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect characterization. 9. A central idea of a work, the message a writer hopes to send to the reader, or the lesson that can be learned after reading. A) Mood. B) Theme. C) Syntax. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 10. Fill in the blank in the following sentence:After I had eaten my lunch, I ..... to her while she was eating hers. A) Was talking. B) Talked. C) Did talk. D) Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talked. 11. Which IS NOT a type of hook A) Opinion Statement. B) Question. C) "Imagine" Statement. D) Quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opinion Statement. 12. The moon hid its face behind the clouds in the night sky. A) Personification. B) NOT Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. "The train screamed as it came to a stop" is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. A) Claim. B) Repetition. C) Narrative. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 15. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.This is an example of which literary device? A) Allusion. B) Consonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. I was lost in a sea of nameless faces. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. When the narrator uses pronouns like, "she, " "he, " and "they, " but the reader gets the thoughts and actions of most characters A) First person. B) Second person. C) 3rd person limited. D) 3rd person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd person omniscient. 18. "Several eyewitnesses reported what they had seen to the officers who arrived at the scene." is an example of ..... A) Bias by omission. B) Omission of source attribution. C) Opinions presented as facts. D) Sensationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omission of source attribution. 19. What is the purpose of foreshadowing in literature? A) To describe something by comparing it to something else. B) To highlight the traits of a character by contrasting them with another character. C) To engage one or more of the senses through writing or language. D) To give clues about plot developments to come later in the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To give clues about plot developments to come later in the story. 20. When an author uses repetition of literal words or grammatical patterns A) Parallel Structure. B) Perpendicular Structure. C) Metaphorical Structure. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel Structure. ← 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