This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Devices – Quiz 486 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 486 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of irony happens when an expected outcome is reversed? A) Dramatic. B) Verbal. C) Situational. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational. 2. It rained on a couple's wedding day. A) Irony. B) Not irony, just unfortunate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not irony, just unfortunate. 3. What is being used here?:I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Theme. C) Symbolism. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 4. What literary device is illustrated in this statement?"I feel so sleepy, I can sleep for a thousand years" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 5. The popcorn popped in the microwave is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. Peter paid for the pretty poster. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. A contrast between appearance and reality; usually when something is the opposite of what is expected. A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 8. Eye glasses can symbolize ..... A) Youth. B) Intelligence. C) Anger. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligence. 9. The emotional atmosphere a writer creates in his/her work A) Mood. B) Allusion. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 10. How can we define the TONE of a story? A) Author's attitude toward a subject. B) The atmosphere of the story. C) The central idea of the story. D) Sensory details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's attitude toward a subject. 11. When an author uses foreshadowing, it is to ..... A) Give an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. B) Add a comical tone to a grave situation. C) Hide the true intentions of the author's purpose, a secret theme. D) Bring light to the situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. 12. An epic hero travels over a vast setting, offering his services as a warrior to other communities and societies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. How the the components of the story are organized. A) Structure. B) Plot. C) Foreshadowing. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structure. 14. When the plot or another character hint at what is to come later on in the story A) Flashback. B) Symbolism. C) Foreshadowing. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 15. Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.I love the swish of the basketball net. A) Basketball. B) Swish. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Net. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swish. 16. Definition-a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story. These can be symbols, sounds, actions, ideas, or words. They strengthen a story by adding images and ideas to the theme present throughout the narrative. Example-Throughout a story, there is surprisingly bad weather-snow, freezing rain, and even a tornado. These weather conditions further emphasize the larger theme of nature's power over humans. A) Atmosphere. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Symbol. E) Motif. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Motif. 17. Which literary device is most clearly used in this line from "The Prince and the She-Devils" ?"The buildings have ceilings decorated with stars, and gorgeous rich couches surrounded by silk curtains of many colors." A) Personification. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Visual imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visual imagery. 18. "I pulled the go-cart through the saw-tooth fern, down into the green dimness where the palmetto fronds whispered by the stream." A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. A part of something to refer to the whole A) Palindrome. B) Anaphora. C) Anagram. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 20. I am broken hearted. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← 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