This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 460 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 460 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur A) Paradox. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 2. True or False:Common nouns are always capitalized. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. "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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. This is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure: A) Song. B) Poetry. C) Prose. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose. 12. An inanimate object receives human qualities A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Pun. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. A writer uses to produce a special effect in his writing and to help readers understand his writing on a deeper level. A) Rhetorical Devices. B) Literary Devices. C) Rhetorical Questions. D) Poetic Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Devices. 14. Lauren, normally shy, was nervous and didn't speak during the entire meeting. Her coworker said, "Lauren, if you could stop talking so much I'd really appreciate it." A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) Not Ironic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal. 15. Which of these is an example of Allusion? A) Flaming Ice. B) Four-leafed clover. C) The boy was busy as a bee. D) "Chocolate is my kryptonite". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Chocolate is my kryptonite". 16. A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 17. Which is the best example of an onomatopoeia? A) Dumb. B) Fast. C) Hiss. D) Rush. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hiss. 18. In "The Gift of the Magi, " what does the man sell to buy his wife a Christmas gift? A) Hair combs. B) A watch. C) A watch chain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A watch. 19. What is Inferring? A) Bringing together:what is written in the text [evidence-quotes] What is already known by you as the reader Inferring helps you to build meaning about the texts. B) Bringing together:what is not written in the text What is already known by you as the reader Inferring helps you to build meaning about the texts. C) What is already known by you as the reader. D) Bringing together:what is written in the text [evidence-quotes] Inferring helps you to predict what will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bringing together:what is written in the text [evidence-quotes] What is already known by you as the reader Inferring helps you to build meaning about the texts. 20. Word pair that are opposite in meaning from one another A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Literary Devices Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books